Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This … contributor is gender-differential incentives to migrate due to rural women's higher likelihood of marrying and marrying up in … cities when urbanization creates more economic opportunities and an abundance of high-income marriage-age men. …

drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. … assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of …

non-married cohabiting parents. This effect results from a reduced risk of single parenthood among women who gained from … the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

that couples avoided divorce altogether rather than simply delaying it. While mothers extended their leave by several …