Who Benefits from Marriage?

被引:8
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作者
Maasoumi, Esfandiar [1 ,2 ]
Millimet, Daniel L. [3 ]
Sarkar, Dipanwita [4 ]
机构
[1] Emory Univ, Dept Econ, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[2] Swansea Univ, Sch Business & Econ, Swansea, W Glam, Wales
[3] So Methodist Univ, Dept Econ, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
[4] NE Louisiana Univ, Dept Econ, Monroe, LA 71209 USA
关键词
CHILDHOOD FAMILY-STRUCTURE; MARITAL-STATUS; WAGE PREMIUM; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; 1ST MARRIAGE; YOUNG MEN; SELECTION; EARNINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00515.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The phenomenon that married men earn higher average wages than unmarried men - the marriage premium - is well known. However, the robustness of the premium across the wage distribution and the underlying causes of the marriage premium are unclear. Focusing on the entire wage distribution and employing recently developed semi-non-parametric tests for quantile treatment effects, our findings cast doubt on the robustness of the premium. We find that the premium is explained by selection above the median, whereas a positive premium is obtained only at very low wages. The causal effect at low wages may be attributable to employer discrimination.
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