The institution of marriage has served to funnel economic resources from fathers to children. Its continued decline in …-supported programs in the United States aimed at rescuing marriage have not been proven effective. Ways need to be explored to get a …

-restoring earnings tax is genderneutral and fairly flat with respect to marriage duration. The optimal divorce tax is an inverted …-U function of marriage duration, reaches its maximum when children are in their teens, and declines thereafter. We use our … standard models of household behavior. Examples include: marriage contracts that serve as barriers to hasty divorces (e …

model of household decisions, the care bill is suspected of delaying first birth or even preventing women from motherhood if …

This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …

This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …