specifically in their policies on marriage. This line of investigation is interesting both theoretically and empirically, as … of Societal Pressure to Modify the Religious Marriage Policy -- 6. The Israeli Case: The Use of Institutional Pressure … Societal Pressure to Modify Secular Marriage Policy -- 9. The Turkish Case—The Use of Institutional Pressure Relief Valves …

We model the interaction between the marriage market and the intrahousehold allocation of resources. We do this within … a setting that accounts for both economic gains to marriage (through public consumption) and unobserved non …

social insurance. We focus on the Vietnamese’s beliefs in marriage fortune predictions by the Taoist astrological system Tử … Vi. First, we estimate a structural model of assortative marriage matching and show that such beliefs’ importance in … marriage formation amounts to 6.5% of that of the entire age and education profile. Second, we estimate the effect of …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes …