Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Easier divorce has two effects on marriage rates and fertility. It dilutes the value of marriage, therefore reducing … marriage rates and marital fertility and potentially increasing out of wedlock fertility. But easier divorce reduces also the … commitment cost of marriage leading women to "try" marriage especially when in child bearing age or even already pregnant. We …

We first document three stylized facts about marriage and fertility in East Asian societies: They have the highest … marriage rates in the world, but the lowest total fertility; they have the lowest total fertility, but almost all married women … sufficiently boost fertility for highly educated women. On the other hand, the social stigma has negligible effects on marriage and …

that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of … divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have children marry more easily with an … easier "exit option" from marriage. Thus, more children are born in the first years of marriage, while the total marital …

A very brief historical discussion of marriage, divorce, and out-of-wedlock births in England and France …

that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of … divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have children marry more easily with an … easier quot;exit optionquot; from marriage. Thus, more children are born in the first years of marriage, while the total …

property in case of divorce. Based on a rational choice model of marriage and assuming that on average women earn less than men …

planning technologies, that likely contribute to the large changes in patterns of marriage and fertility observed in developed …