This paper explores how marriage prospects affect female human capital investments. I exploit a South African legal … variation in marriage propensity. The findings show that these marital gains are generated through a shift in intra …-household bargaining power rather than improving marriage match quality …

marital disruption on data from the nationally – representative 2009 Family and Social Subjects survey. We found that the … separation risks among natives, especially for couples with lower human capital. Our findings add to our understanding of family …

improved understanding of the relationship between family structure and economic preparation for retirement at earlier stages … retirement at young and mid-adulthood by family context. Additional children were negatively associated with several measures of … potentially long-term implications for their financial security. The results shed light on linkages between family structure and …