- into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …, if any, is part of the selection process from single to cohabitation to marriage … more attractive on the marriage market). We analyze the cohabiting and the marital wage premium in Germany using a shifting …

It is well-known that married men earn more than comparable single men, with typical estimates of the male marriage …

effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Their estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages by between two and four … percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points … unaffected by childbearing. These findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in …

This paper provides new evidence on wage premiums for men in relation to marriage and cohabitation. Using data from the … cohabitation wage premium, albeit smaller than the marriage premium, for white and black men but not for Hispanic men. The wage …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up 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 …