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289 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18237
Cohabitation, Child Development, and College Costs
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Anne Hannusch, Karen A. Kopecky, Tim Obermeier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18198
Only-Child Matching Penalty in the Marriage Market
Keisuke Kawata, Mizuki Komura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18093
Trapped in Purgatory? The Impact of Divorce Laws on Women’s Welfare with Separation
Paula Calvo, Murat Iyigun, Jeanne Lafortune
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17986
Does College Education Make Women Less Likely to Marry? Evidence from the Chinese Higher education Expansion
Bin Huang, Massimiliano Tani, Lei Xu, Yu Zhu
published in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2025, 118, 102433.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17903
Empowerment Paradox? The Long-Run Impact of a Cycling Program for Girls in Zambia
Ana Garcia-Hernandez, Nishith Prakash, Janina Isabel Steinert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17867
Big Sisters and Child Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Erdal Asker, Daniel I. Rees, Jorge Agüero
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17665
Causal Effects of Education on Marriage
Kunwon Ahn, John V. Winters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17653
Families’ Career Investments and Firms’ Promotion Decisions
Frederik Almar, Benjamin Friedrich, Ana Reynoso, Bastian Schulz, Rune Majlund Vejlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17443
Peer Effects and Marriage Formation
Abigail Wozniak, Michael T. Baker, Susan P. Carter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17443
Peer Effects and Marriage Formation
Abigail Wozniak, Michael T. Baker, Susan P. Carter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17420
Matching on Gender and Sexual Orientation
Edoardo Ciscato, Marion Goussé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17410
Can the Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from a Child Marriage Reform in Bangladesh
Amrit Amirapu, Niaz Asadullah, Zaki Wahhaj
forthcoming in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17366
English Language Premium in a Marriage Market: Experimental Evidence from Delhi
Tomohisa Miyamoto, Arjun S. Bedi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17335
Job Displacement, Remarriage, and Marital Sorting
Hanno Foerster, Tim Obermeier, Bastian Schulz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17242
The Economics of Abduction Marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia
Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Lindsey Novak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17242
The Economics of Abduction Marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia
Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Lindsey Novak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17143
How Important Are Mental and Physical Health in Career and Family Choices?
Guido Cozzi, Noemi Mantovan, Robert M. Sauer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17089
The Intergenerational Health Effects of Child Marriage Bans
Dung D. Le, Teresa Molina, Yoko Ibuka, Rei Goto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17089
The Intergenerational Health Effects of Child Marriage Bans
Dung D. Le, Teresa Molina, Yoko Ibuka, Rei Goto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16953
Birth Order in the Very Long-Run: Estimating Firstborn Premiums between 1850 and 1940
Angela Cools, Jared Grooms, Krzysztof Karbownik, Siobhan O'Keefe, Joseph Price, Anthony Wray
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16612
What Explains the Growing Gender Education Gap? The Effects of Parental Background, the Labor Market and the Marriage Market on College Attainment
Zvi Eckstein, Michael P. Keane, Osnat Lifshitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16559
The Return to College, Marriage, and Intergenerational Mobility
Eric D. Gould
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16548
Intermarriage amid Immigration Status Uncertainty: Evidence from DACA
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Chunbei Wang
published online in: International Journal of Policy Analysis and Mangement, 04 September 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16440
Daughters, Savings and Household Finances
Massimiliano Tani, Xin Wen, Zhiming Cheng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16368
Optimal Weights for Marital Sorting Measures
Frederik Almar, Bastian Schulz
published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 234, 11497
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16364
When Women's Work Disappears: Marriage and Fertility Decisions in Peru
Hani Mansour, Pamela Medina, Andrea Velasquez
published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2023, 14 (2), 385-412.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16353
Young Women in Cities
Yumi Koh, Jing Li, Yifan Wu, Junjian Yi, Hanzhe Zhang
published as 'Young women in cities:published as 'Young women in cities: Urbanization and gender-biased migration' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172, 103378
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16348
Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Non-arranged Marriages among Refugees
Andrew Foster, Merve Betül Gökçe, Murat Güray Kirdar
published as 'Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Nonarranged Marriages Among Refugees' in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1427 - 1454
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16314
Is Self-Employment for Migrants? Evidence from Italy
Marianna Brunetti, Anzelika Zaiceva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16238
Maternity Benefits and Marital Stability after Birth: Evidence from the Soviet Baltic Republics
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36 (4), 2309-2345
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16228
When Death Was Postponed: The Effect of HIV Medication on Work, Savings, and Marriage
Mette Ejrnæs, Esteban García-Miralles, Mette Gørtz, Petter Lundborg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16214
Information Campaign on Arsenic Poisoning: Unintended Consequences in Marriage Market
Shyamal Chowdhury, Prachi Singh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16182
Spouses as Home Health Workers and Cooks: Insights for Applied Research
Shoshana Grossbard
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16135
Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India
Gaurav Chiplunkar, Jeffrey Weaver
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 164, 103115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16097
Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type
Leslie S. Stratton
published in: Research in Labor Economics: Time Use in Economics, 2023, 51, 187-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16051
Religious Barriers to Birth Control Access
Olivier Marie, Esmée Zwiers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16022
Marriage in Old Age: What Can We Learn about Policy Impacts on Same-Sex Couples?
Leora Friedberg, Elliott Isaac
published in: National Tax Journal, 2023, 76 (3), 679-706
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16022
Marriage in Old Age: What Can We Learn about Policy Impacts on Same-Sex Couples?
Leora Friedberg, Elliott Isaac
published in: National Tax Journal, 2023, 76 (3), 679-706
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15948
Women's Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market
Farzana Afridi, Abhishek Arora, Diva Dhar, Kanika Mahajan
forthcoming in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15911
The Value of a Green Card in the U.S. Marriage Market: A Tale of Chain Migration?
Cynthia Bansak, Eva Dziadula, Madeline Zavodny
published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 82, 102062
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15841
The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Marriage and Fertility: Evidence from Indian Census
Shruti Sengupta, Mehtabul Azam
published online in: Oxford Economic Papers, 15 November 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15749
Who Divorces Whom: Unilateral Divorce Legislation and the Educational Structure of Marriage
Geghetsik Afunts, Štepán Jurajda
published in: Demography, 2024, 61 (4), 1097–1116.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15654
Marriage as Insurance: Job Protection and Job Insecurity in France
Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Anthony Lepinteur
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21 (4), 1157-1190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15331
Tax-Based Marriage Incentives in the Affordable Care Act
Elliott Isaac, Haibin Jiang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15288
Income Shocks, Bride Price and Child Marriage in Turkey
Isabelle Chort, Rozenn Hotte, Karine Marazyan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15267
Stable Income, Stable Family
Jason M. Lindo, Krishna Regmi, Isaac D. Swensen
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107 (3), 653–667.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15138
Male Wage Inequality and Characteristics of "Early Mover" Marriages
Hani Mansour, Terra McKinnish
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 36, 115–138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14949
The Effect of Alimony Reform on Married Women's Labor Supply: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Jennifer Louise Roff
published online in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25 November 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14918
Trade-Offs? The Impact of WTO Accession on Intimate Partner Violence in Cambodia
Bilge Erten, Pinar Keskin
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (2), 322–333.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14877
Commitments and the Marital Match: The Effect of Alimony Reform on Assortative Matching
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Jennifer Louise Roff
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