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Title: The Marriage Age U-Shape: What Can We Learn from Energy Crises

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: In this paper, I address the question whether a male-biased shock may trigger U-shaped dynamics in the age at first marriage. First, I compile the twentieth century time series of 160 countries, presenting U-shaped dynamics in all advanced economies. Second, I show in time series that the age of marriage is negatively correlated with production in male dominated industries, but positively with production in the ex-post female dominated industries. Third, using the 1970s oil boom in the U.S. as a natural experiment, I establish the causal effect of male-biased shocks as a trigger for the U-shaped dynamics.

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Authors: Jelnov, Pavel

Publisher: Universitat Hannover

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Topics: Family and Marriage

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