Posts tagged with 'marriage'
February 16, 2018
Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition
The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]
October 24, 2017
Teenage daughters as a risk factor for divorce
Sullen exchanges, inexplicable silences and broken curfews can be part of life for parents of teenagers, but could this period […]
November 11, 2016
What a difference a day makes
Family stability is a prerequisite for a number of social outcomes that policy makers care about, not the least being […]
June 15, 2015
Reducing early marriage to boost female labor market participation in Senegal
Senegal is a country with large gender disparities in education and career opportunities. Early marriage and low age at first […]
February 3, 2014
Some children stabilize marriage, others don’t
From an economic perspective, children can be seen as an investment of the parents to increase the value of the […]
December 6, 2013
Higher bride prices reduce fertility – evidence from Senegal
The bride price payment is a key element of the marriage contract in many sub-Saharan African countries, and particularly in […]
November 15, 2013
Extending paid maternity leave makes no sense economically
Paid maternity leave has become more and more popular over the past few decades as mothers have increasingly entered the […]