Barg, Katherin; Beblo, Miriam - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) 6, pp. 552-570
Purpose – Empirical research has unambiguously shown that married men receive higher wages than unmarried, whereas a wage premium for cohabiters is not as evident yet. This paper aims to exploit the observed difference between the marital and the cohabiting wage premium in Germany to draw...