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This study explores the effects of imbalances in the sex ratio, and their impact on intra-household bargaining, on both the quantity and the quality of children. We first present the theoretical model of intra-household bargaining in the presence of conflicting family goals within a couple, and...
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-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for …
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well as reduced opportunities to meet German partners lead to marriage with a woman from a poorer country. 2. Because of … international marriage market than they could hope to attract within Germany. The analysis uses data from the German Socio …-related "marriage squeeze" encountered by German men older than 30 years. Only on account of their age do these men struggle to find a …
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the marriage market. Meanwhile, China has more smokers than any other country, with half of men smoke while few women … for children's marriage. This paper investigates how a demographic factor - a large number of surplus men in the marriage … demonstrate this pattern. Coping with the marriage market pressure is a more plausible pathway linking the observed skewed sex …
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The empirical literature addressing links between the labor and the marriage markets is numerous and varied. Despite … and labor market participation. We then analyze the implications of our results for a frictional marriage market allowing …
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