Fecundity and Husband-Wife Age Gap at First Marriage—Cross-Country Analysis

Fecundity and Husband-Wife Age Gap at First Marriage—Cross-Country Analysis

One explanation given for the gender wage gap is the division of labor in the home. On the marriage outset, averagely speaking, husbands who are older invest more human capital in market activities than wives. This paper concentrates on the age gap at first marriage. It hypothesizes that the demand for children is one important reason for the husband-wife age gap. To show this, the paper extend...

The Husband-Wife Age Gap at First Marriage: A Cross-Country Analysis

Age of Wife When Husband Retires

benefits in 1953 ___. lion, private carriers were responsible for 62 percent, State funds for 25 percent, and self-insurers for 13 percent. Total State fund disbursements, including payments to Federal Government employees, again increased at a slightly faster rate than private carrier payments-5.6 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively. The unevenness in the rate of increase from State to State...

Ulcerative colitis in husband and wife. First report in Mexico.

The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in Mexico is low. The occurrence in familial cases has been attributed to genetic influences. We described the first report of inflammatory bowel diseases in one pairs of husband-wife in Mexico. According with characteristics of this case, we can speculate that the environmental and infectious etiology might play some role in the development of IBD.

N. catarrhalis infection in husband and wife.

An English multipara, aged 31 years, first attended the Special Clinic at St. Thomas' Hospital on April 13, 1961, with excessive vaginal discharge. She admitted only marital sexual intercourse. Urethral and cervical smears and cultures were negative and no trichomonads or monilia were found. A repeat examination on April 20, 1961, showed urethral and cervical smears still negative, but Trichomo...