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Almås, Ingvild; Kotsadam, Andreas; Moen, Espen R.; … - 2019

Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband’s earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...

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Gender identity and relative income within households : evidence from Sweden

Eriksson, Karin Hederos; Stenberg, Anders - 2015

Bertrand et al. (2015) show that among married couples in the US, the distribution of the share of the household income earned by the wife exhibits a sharp drop just to the right of .50. They argue that this drop is consistent with a social norm prescribing that a man should earn more than his...

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The economics of hypergamy

Almås, Ingvild; Kotsadam, Andreas; Moen, Espen R.; … - 2019

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Parental leave, household specialization and children's well-being

Canaan, Serena - 2019

Many countries offer new parents long periods of paid leave. Proponents argue that parental leave programs can reduce gender gaps in the labor market, support marital stability and promote children's well-being. In this paper, I show that lengthy leaves can instead work against several of these...

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Assortative Matching on Income Potentials, Intra-Household Specialization and Human Capital Formation

Zeng, Qianzi - 2015

This paper develops a novel model of marital sorting on income potentials: In the marriage market, people are matching … on potential wage growth rates which differ across individuals. Gains from marriage arise from intra …

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Pink Work : Same-Sex Marriage, Employment and Discrimination

Sansone, Dario - 2018

following the legalization of same-sex marriage. Both partners in these couples were more likely to be employed, to work full … time, and to work longer hours. Marriage equality was also associated with a decrease in self-employment and within … by a reduction in discrimination, a marriage premium in wages, or changes in fertility, assortative matching and …

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Educated Couples’ Location Choice and Intra-Household Bargaining

Forouzandeh, Ramin - 2023

For dual-earner, college educated straight couples, I examine the relative weight of spouse career prospects in deciding where to live. I show that higher expected wages for husbands in a potential destination tends to make it more attractive for households, relative to the same increase in...

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