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dc.contributor.authorBowmaker, Simon W.en
dc.contributor.authorEmerson, Patrick M.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-17-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:52:19Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:52:19Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35475-
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young women as 'shotgun weddings' are no longer necessary. Empirical evidence from the United States lends support to that hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from Eastern Europe shows that countries that liberalized their abortion laws saw an increase in marriage rates among non-teenage women.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4176en
dc.subject.jelJ12en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelK0en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordAbortionen
dc.subject.keywordmarriage asymmetric informationen
dc.subject.stwEheen
dc.subject.stwFrauenen
dc.subject.stwSchwangerschaftsabbruchen
dc.subject.stwAsymmetrische Informationen
dc.subject.stwMänneren
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwOsteuropaen
dc.titleStill waiting for mister right? Asymmetric information, abortion laws and the timing of marriage-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn601896289en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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