This paper analyzes economic assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first provide … France. The correlation coefficient for education is above 0.6. The correlation in earnings is lower but sizable: around 0 …

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a Solovian zone where wages increase with … bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than set … employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase them in rich …

, age and wages were positively related throughout working life, but more recently older workers' wages have been lower than … those of middle-aged workers. The relationship between education and wages was weak in 1988 but strengthened rapidly …