facing modern societies: between a relatively high marriage age, low nonmarital birth ratios, and high fertility, they can …In a 1974 paper, Coale and Trussell described an empirical relationship between the age-specific fertility rate, the … marital fertility rate, and the proportion of women with first marriages. However, their key assumption was no nonmarital …

This paper investigates the effect of a large economic shock on marriage and fertility choices. I exploit the 1990's … for the effect of trade exposure on fertility. There is no evidence of changes in marriage rates across regions exposed to … important driver of changes in fertility outcomes of young women. Changes in women's employment opportunities are not a mediator …

dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area … 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 …

Using microdata from Current Population Survey Fertility supplements 1990-2010 we examine whether Common Law Marriage …

In this paper, we study the effects of immigration on natives' marriage, fertility, and family formation across US … aggregate migration flows, we find that immigration raised marriage rates, the probability of having children, and the …

This paper investigates the effect of a large economic shock on marriage and fertility choices. I exploit the 1990's … not a mediator for the e ect of trade exposure on fertility. There is no evidence of changes in marriage rates across … men is an important driver of changes in fertility outcomes of young women. Changes in women's employment opportunities is …

increase in fertility rates, particularly for second births among married and older women, providing suggestive evidence of an … increase in completed fertility. Second, we find an increase in overall female employment, likely due to the desire to qualify …, which may reduce conflicts within the marriage …

marriage rates, fertility and educational attainment of women who were affected by the change in law. After the passage of the … law, marriage rates declined sharply, and as a result, fertility declined and educational attainment increased. The … marriage can have significant implications for reducing fertility and increasing educational attainment of women …

This paper investigates the effect of earnings and employment opportunities on pre-marital fertility. Using data from a … sample of British women born in 1970, we estimate an independent competing risks hazard model of fertility and cohabitation … decisions. Our results show that individual earnings opportunities are negatively related to pre-marital fertility but do not …