higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare … opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively … more had high-status occupations. Together, these findings integrate contrasting narratives about frontier women …

Two types of theoretical bargaining models can be employed to study issues on intra marriage bargaining -- a … particular result that seems to suggest that couples do actually bargain competitively is the result that links fertility … decisions to bargaining power. The argument is that women prefer less children than men, and that bargaining power influences …

which have occurred over the past decades; delayed entry into marriage and decline in fertility levels across both developed … marriage timing and fertility level differences using both economic and cultural factors. The results indicate that economic … suggest that both economic and cultural factors are important in explaining differences in marriage timing and fertility …