marriage and motherhood. -- abortion ; contraception ; fertility ; marriage … had little effect on the probabilities of entering into marriage and parenthood at a young age. In contrast, both the …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. The … the host country. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria … employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing … dampened the persistent downturn in marriage. Our empirical evidence is fully consistent with the supposition that these …

This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of … woman's marriage market appear to lead to fewer never married mothers, but more divorced mothers. Higher child support or …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce …

panel data of different measures of fertility and examine the change in divorce laws. Total fertility declined in states … that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of … out-of-wedlock fertility. We suggest an explanation (and provide supportive evidence for it) based upon the effect of …