-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent …, male wage inequality should be associated with higher husband quality among those "early-mover" women who choose to forgo …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent …, male wage inequality should be associated with higher husband quality among those "early-mover"women who choose to forgo …

This paper analyzes economic assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first provide … inequality between couples. Contrary to previous estimates, we account for possible biases in the estimation of assortative … assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in …

marriage by black men and women. The enduring conventional wisdom has been that low black marriage rates reflect a relative … race marriage gap remains, albeit sometimes in reduced magnitude, even after controlling for economic attributes of … potential spouses and potential supplies of spouses in regional marriage markets. This paper examines the possibility that the …

import competition are concentrated on women, and gender earnings inequality increases. The paper establishes the market …

between spousal personality and earnings while accounting for the potential endogeneity of the selection into marriage. Using …

supply, marriage and fertility are all endogenous. Assuming preferences that are common across ethnic groups and fixed over … exogenous factors: family background, labor market and marriage market constraints. Changes in parental background are a key … are much more likely to graduate themselves. The marriage market also contributes: Women's chance of getting marriage …

period of substantial growth in wage inequality. This paper establishes a connection between the two phenomena and explores … framework combined with regional and temporal variation in the pattern of male wage dispersion, I show that inequality has a … relationship are assessed: changes in spousal labor supplies, female wage inequality, income uncertainty, social capital as well as …

on the administrative side of the university. There is no female marriage premium, and no partnership return to gay men … or to either heterosexual or homosexual women. -- Partnership ; marriage ; sexual orientation ; academic labour markets …