fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in … countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their … likely to marry when they are unemployed during recession. Although we find effects on marriage we cannot observe any effects …

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

more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of … utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD … introduced in 2007 resulted in a reduction in fertility by up to 60%, an increase in the probability to divorce by 37%, and an …

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 …

liberal areas were much less likely to experience a birth or marriage as a minor, invested more in education, and ended up in … fertility among minor women, aged 21 or younger, for whom access restrictions were most drastically lifted. We then evaluate how … examining its impact on female fertility control and human capital formation. We find that younger women who grew up in more …

involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the … divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …

reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with prominent sociological accounts, these shocks heighten male idleness and … manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with prominent sociological accounts, these shocks heighten male idleness and … manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

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 …

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. …