Married with children: What remains when observable biases are removed from the reported male marriage wage premium

被引：21

作者：

Leonard, Megan de Linde ^{[1
]}

Stanley, T. D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hendrix Coll, Dept Econ & Business, Conway, AR 72032 USA

来源：

LABOUR ECONOMICS | 2015年 / 33卷

关键词：

Marriage premium; Wages; Productivity; Meta-regression analysis; Omitted-variable bias; META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARITAL-STATUS; LABOR-MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT; EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS; PUBLICATION SELECTION; SEX-DISCRIMINATION; AMERICAN MALES; YOUNG MEN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.010

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

There is a substantial research literature that discusses and documents a wage premium for married men. Our meta-analysis of 59 studies and 661 estimates finds a marriage premium for US men of between 9% and 13% after misspecification and selection biases are filtered out. Results from this meta-regression analysis cast doubt upon both the 'selection' and the 'specialization' explanation for the marriage-wage premium but are consistent with the notion that marriage may cause men to become more stable and committed workers. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：72 / 80

页数：9