Thursday, April 11 / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM   •   Bayside A

Session 45:
Changes in the Determinants of Marriage

Chair: Daniel Carlson, Georgia State University
Discussant: Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Southampton

  1. The Decline in Marriage in Israel, 1960-2007: Period or Cohort Effect? • Jona Schellekens, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Moshe Ophir, Bar-Ilan University ; David Gliksberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  2. Are Economic Foundations of Marriage Shifting in China? Evidence in a Socialist Context • Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, National University of Singapore ; Yingchun Ji, National University of Singapore

  3. The Dynamic Economics of Family Formation in Historical Context: Generation Turnover and the Effects of Women’s Earning Power on Marriage • C. Soledad Espinoza, Johns Hopkins University

  4. Quantifying the Prospects for Consanguineous Marriage when Fertility Declines • Stuart A. Basten, University of Oxford ; Bilal Barakat, Vienna Institute of Demography

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