Coughlin Tristan P.; D, Drewianka Scott - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 11 (2011) 1, pp. 1-33
We investigate the hypothesis that rising wage inequality caused declines in the U.S. aggregate marriage hazard since 1970. Despite confirming previous findings that inequality accounts for much of the decline among young adults before 1990, we find that the aggregate marriage hazard became much...