This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of … woman's marriage market appear to lead to fewer never married mothers, but more divorced mothers. Higher child support or …

This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of … woman's marriage market appear to lead to fewer never married mothers, but more divorced mothers. Higher child support or …

This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of … woman’s marriage market appear to lead to fewer never married mothers, but more divorced mothers. Higher child support or …

This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of … woman’s marriage market appear to lead to fewer never married mothers, but more divorced mothers. Higher child support or …

alimony payments are associated with a higher prevalence of divorced mothers. -- single mothers ; marriage ; fertility …This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of … woman's marriage market appear to lead to fewer never married mothers, but more divorced mothers. Higher child support or …

reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with prominent sociological accounts, these shocks heighten male idleness and … manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with prominent sociological accounts, these shocks heighten male idleness and … manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

This paper investigates the effect of earnings and employment opportunities on pre-marital fertility. Using data from a … sample of British women born in 1970, we estimate an independent competing risks hazard model of fertility and cohabitation … decisions. Our results show that individual earnings opportunities are negatively related to pre-marital fertility but do not …