search, parents with multiple daughters reduce the reservation quality for an older daughter's groom, rushing her marriage to …Using data from South Asia, this paper examines how arranged marriage cultivates rivalry among sisters. During marriage …'s marriage risk; relative to younger singleton sisters, younger twin sisters have the same effect. These effects intensify in …

cascade from labor market choices, including human capital accumulation and occupational choice, to marriage market choices …

In this paper, we investigate the effect of federal welfare reform on the employment, hours of work and marriage rates … effect on native- and foreign-born citizens' marriage decisions. TANF was associated with a decrease in the marriage rates of …

provision on two important demographic outcomes—childbearing and marriage. The impact on childbearing is theoretically ambiguous … childbirth. The impact on marriage is also ambiguous, as marriage rates may decrease when young adults have less need for … they are married. Changes in childbearing and marriage can, in turn, lead to changes in the likelihood of filing a tax …

There has been a well-documented retreat from marriage among less educated individuals in the U.S. and non … hypothesis that an increase in potential earnings of less-educated men would correspondingly lead to an increase in marriage and …-area fracking production, both marital and non-marital births increase and there is no evidence of an increase in marriage rates …

does not impact full-time employment after age 50 but is positively associated with investment in education post marriage …. These women invest more in their own human capital within marriage, which might insure them against increases in exogenous …