title: Female first marriage in East and Southeast Asia: a Kiefer-Neumann model.
abstract: Many studies have shown that schooling levels of husband and wife are important determinants of household behavior in developing countries.  This article asks how the schooling levels of husband and wife come to be associated with each other through the marriage market.  The Kiefer-Neumann model of labor market search is adapted to marital search, the aim being to explain both the positive sorting on educational levels for spouses, and the positive relationship between female schooling and age at 1st marriage.  World Fertility Survey data for Indonesia, Korea, and Malaysia are employed in the analyses.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D007214:Indonesia; D007723:Korea; D008296:Malaysia; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Educational Status--men; Educational Status--women; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Surveys; Indonesia; Korea; Korea, Republic Of; Malaysia; Marriage; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns; Mate Selection; Nuptiality; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southeastern Asia; Studies; World Fertility Surveys