Data and Code for: Older Yet Fairer: How Extended Reproductive Time Horizons Reshaped Marriage Patterns in Israel

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Naomi Gershoni, Ben Gurion University; Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania. The Wharton School

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Project Citation: 

Gershoni, Naomi, and Low, Corinne. Data and Code for: Older Yet Fairer: How Extended Reproductive Time Horizons Reshaped Marriage Patterns in Israel. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-12-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/E117001V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary Replication do files, log files, and shareable data for Older Yet Fairer: How Extended Reproductive Time Horizons Reshaped Marriage Patterns in Israel
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Abstract: Israel's 1994 adoption of free in vitro fertilization provides a natural experiment for how fertility time horizons impact women's marriage timing and other outcomes. We find a substantial increase in average age at first marriage following the policy change, using both men and Arab-Israeli women as comparison groups. This shift appears to be driven by both increased marriages by older women and  younger women delaying marriage. Age at first birth also increased. Placebo and robustness checks help pinpoint IVF as the source of the change. Our findings suggest age-limited fertility materially impacts women's life timing and outcomes relative to men.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Fertility; Marriage; Gender; Infertility
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D10 Household Behavior: General
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Israel
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1978 – 2008 (Data collected by Census in 2008-09, covering earlier marriage years.)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2008 – 2009
Universe:  View help for Universe For Census data, all Israeli households sampled.
For analysis, main group: Israeli-born Jewish women; comparison groups: Israeli-born Jewish men, Arab-Israeli women.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; program source code


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