Bertrand, Marianne; Cortés, Patricia; Olivetti, Claudia; … - 2018
In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity … across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … statics of a theoretical model in which the (negative) social attitudes toward working women might contribute to the lower …