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Education budget savings from ending child marriage and early childbirths : the case of Niger

Wodon, Quentin - In: Applied economics letters 25 (2018) 10, pp. 649-652

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Pluralism and Decentralization in Marriage Regulation

Bix, Brian - 2008

This paper, written for a Conference on Multi-Tiered Marriage, explores what the State role in regulating marriage is, and should be, given the growing set of alternative marriage options, and the greater decentralization of marriage regulation in the United States. The paper considers private...

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Welfare rules, incentives, and family structure

Moffitt, Robert A.; Phelan, Brian J.; Winkler, Anne E. - 2015

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

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Why would she? : polygyny and women's welfare in Ghana

Ickowitz, Amy; Mohanty, Lisa - In: Feminist economics 21 (2015) 2, pp. 77-104

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Family decision-making in emerging economies

Chaudhary, Monica - In: International journal of business and globalisation : IJBG 14 (2015) 3, pp. 310-320

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The lasting effect of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family : evidence from World War II in Russia

Brainerd, Elizabeth - 2016

bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …

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Investigation of the factors influencing family functions style

Boylu, Ayfer Aydıner; Çopur, Zeynep; Öztop, Hülya - 2013

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Competition for promotion can induce household specialization between equally competitive spouses

Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022

We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...

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Stable income, stable family

Lindo, Jason M.; Regmi, Krishna; Swensen, Isaac D. - 2022

We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy that leverages state-level changes in maximum benefits over time and comparisons across workers who have been laid off and those that have not been laid off. The results indicate...

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Competition for promotion can induce household specialization between equally competitive spouses

Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013175695