agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …

relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. … and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus …. While there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital …

This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how … bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn … gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across marriage markets, we find that the prospect of paying higher dowry increases …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … evidence that import competition affected fertility decisions. The results highlight the role of gains from joint consumption … in marriage formation. …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … evidence that import com-petition affected fertility decisions. The results highlight the role of gains from joint consumption … in marriage formation. …

The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary … 1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and dowry amounts across marriage markets, the paper finds that the … prospect of higher dowry payments at the time of a daughter's marriage leads parents to save more in advance. The higher …