Gender-specific labor market conditions and family formation

Ayako Kondo

Journal of Population Economics, 2012, vol. 25, issue 1, 174 pages

Abstract: Slack labor market conditions for women relative to men increase the marriage rate in the USA. This paper examines the long-term consequences of such marriages. Despite the significant effect on marriage timing, labor market conditions experienced in youth do not affect the probability that a woman will marry by the age of 30. Further, labor market conditions at the time of marriage are uncorrelated with the probability of divorce, spouses’ characteristics, or the number of children. These findings suggest that labor market fluctuations induce only intertemporal adjustments for marriage timing without affecting reservation match quality or total fertility. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2012

Keywords: Unemployment rates; Marriage; Fertility; J12; J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0367-7

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