This paper builds an age-structural model of human population genetics in which agents are endowed with a high …-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner … that institutional factors significantly impact economic performance by affecting marriage, family size, and the …

This paper builds an age-structural model of human population genetics in which agents are endowed with a high …-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner … that institutional factors significantly impact economic performance by affecting marriage, family size, and the …

This paper builds an age-structured model of human population genetics in which agents are endowed with a high …-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner … that institutional factors significantly impact economic performance by affecting marriage, family size, and the …

among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

one of these phases, the education phase, affects the timing of marriage and childbearing. For this purpose, we exploit … short school year exposure affects the timing of marriage for individuals in all secondary school tracks and shifts forward …. This is important as not only age at marriage and first birth increases in many countries, but also the duration of the …

relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …. While there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital …

on regional industry specialization before the advent of robots combined with the growth of robot adoption by industry … cohabitation. While there was no change in overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in out … increased uncertainty, reduced the relative marriage-market value of men, and the willingness to commit for the long term. …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … assignment of property rights over total goods and assets acquired within marriage, (iii) enforceability of bride-price contracts … fertility and female labour market participation, negative until the mid-1970s, has turned positive where developed, but not …

We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …

one of these phases, the education phase, affects the timing of marriage and childbearing. For this purpose, we exploit … short school year exposure affects the timing of marriage for individuals in all secondary school tracks and shifts forward …. This is important as not only age at marriage and first birth increases in many countries, but also the duration of the …