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Trends and Differentials in Jordanian Marriage Behavior: Marriage Timing, Spousal Characteristics, Household Structure and Matrimonial Expenditures

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  • Rania Salem

    (Harvard University)

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This paper employs the 2010 Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey to analyze patterns in marriage behavior over time and across socio-demographic groups. Using retrospective reports from ever-married respondents, I describe the postponement of first marriage to successively older ages for both men and women, and I trace the decline in consanguinity and the rise in nuclear family living arrangements over time. I find that husbands’ age seniority has fluctuated over time, but that the education gap between husbands and wives has closed over successive marriage cohorts. I also describe how these trends differ between rural and urban residents, as well as between members of different regional and socioeconomic groups in Jordan. Finally, I analyze trends in matrimonial expenditures in Jordan, finding that contrary to popular discourse, the costs of marriage have not increased in recent years. I describe variations over time in the components of marriage costs, and examine how these differ for various socio-demographic groups.

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  • Rania Salem, 2012. "Trends and Differentials in Jordanian Marriage Behavior: Marriage Timing, Spousal Characteristics, Household Structure and Matrimonial Expenditures," Working Papers 668, Economic Research Forum, revised 2012.
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    1. Ragui Assaad & Rana Hendy & Moundir Lassassi & Shaimaa Yassin, 2020. "Explaining the MENA paradox: Rising educational attainment yet stagnant female labor force participation," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 43(28), pages 817-850.
    2. Caroline Krafft & Maia Sieverding, 2018. "Jordan’s fertility stall and resumed decline: an investigation of demographic factors," Working Papers 1193, Economic Research Forum, revised 10 May 2018.
    3. Semiray Kasoolu & Ricardo Hausmann & Tim O'Brien & Miguel Angel Santos, 2019. "Female Labor in Jordan: A Systematic Approach to the Exclusion Puzzle," Growth Lab Working Papers 147, Harvard's Growth Lab.
    4. Maia Sieverding & Nasma Berri & Sawsan Abdulrahim, 2018. "Marriage and fertility patterns among Jordanians and Syrian refugees in Jordan," Working Papers 1187, Economic Research Forum, revised 03 May 2018.
    5. Ragui Assaad, 2007. "Labor Supply, Employment And Unemployment in the Egyptian Economy, 1988-2006," Working Papers 701, Economic Research Forum, revised 01 Jan 2007.
    6. Caroline Krafft & Elizabeth Kula & Maia Sieverding, 2021. "An investigation of Jordan’s fertility stall and resumed decline: The role of proximate determinants," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 45(19), pages 605-652.

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