The Effect of Having Children on Women’s Marital Status: Evidence From Vietnam

Cuong Nguyen and Anh Tran

Journal of Development Studies, 2017, vol. 53, issue 12, 2102-2117

Abstract: In developing societies, women living without a husband face significant social-economic hardship. Previous evidence suggests that teenagers in Kenya are willing to get pregnant in hopes of marrying the father of their children. In this paper, we study the relationship between having children and women’s marriage outcomes more generally. Using the 2009 Vietnam Census data and twins as an instrument, we find that having more children reduces the probability of staying unmarried and divorced. Intriguingly, those with more children are also less likely to report widow status, perhaps suggesting that among widows, children increase the likelihood of getting remarried.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1269887

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