How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced … bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline … family life are stressed. …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … shaping family life are stressed …

second child. Next, I show that the increase in family size caused by this relaxation in the One Child Policy increased …

This article provides a comparative analysis of fertility and family transformations and policy responses in Austria … quarter of century. During this period both societies also grew surprisingly similar in their fertility and family patterns … and main family policy trends. Fertility in both countries is relatively low, but not extremely low when compared with the …

consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …