Add to ORKGThis paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions of young women. We develop an equilibrium search model of marriage, divorce, and investment in children that allows for differential timing of fertility. We show how patterns of fertility timing in U.S. data can be explained by the incentives for fertility delay implied by marriage and labor markets. We find that these incentives help explain both the cross-sectional relationship between women’s wages and fertility timing and the changes over the past 40 years in married women’
Studies of the determinants of labor supply do no typically include characteristics of the marriage ...
The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility...
Both men and women wish to have a family and a rewarding career. In this paper, we show that the und...
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions...
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions...
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions...
We argue that one of the key channels linking the labor and marriage markets is the decision of whe...
There is an overwhelming tendency toward assortative matching on income and educa-tion on the marria...
This paper concentrates on the role of job matching frictions in influencing the interactions betwee...
We develop a dynamic model of fertility, female labor supply and consumption to explain birth timing...
In this article we provide a simple model of the marriage market where singles search for spouses. ...
One of the most striking changes in American society in the last forty years has been the decline an...
Marriage is a crucial social phenomenon associated with almost every human’s life. However, it has b...
In this article we provide a simple model of the marriage market where singles search for spouses. I...
In this paper we anaIyze the effect of female labor force participation on fertility decisions. We f...
Studies of the determinants of labor supply do no typically include characteristics of the marriage ...
The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility...
Both men and women wish to have a family and a rewarding career. In this paper, we show that the und...
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions...
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions...
This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions...
We argue that one of the key channels linking the labor and marriage markets is the decision of whe...
There is an overwhelming tendency toward assortative matching on income and educa-tion on the marria...
This paper concentrates on the role of job matching frictions in influencing the interactions betwee...
We develop a dynamic model of fertility, female labor supply and consumption to explain birth timing...
In this article we provide a simple model of the marriage market where singles search for spouses. ...
One of the most striking changes in American society in the last forty years has been the decline an...
Marriage is a crucial social phenomenon associated with almost every human’s life. However, it has b...
In this article we provide a simple model of the marriage market where singles search for spouses. I...
In this paper we anaIyze the effect of female labor force participation on fertility decisions. We f...
Studies of the determinants of labor supply do no typically include characteristics of the marriage ...
The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility...
Both men and women wish to have a family and a rewarding career. In this paper, we show that the und...