Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145264 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10130
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by World War II to identify the effects of unbalanced sex ratios on Russian women. Using unique data from the Soviet archives, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family persisted for years after the war's end, and was likely magnified by policies that promoted nonmarital births and discouraged divorce.
Subjects: 
sex ratios
marriage
family
fertility
divorce law
JEL: 
J12
J16
N34
P23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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