spouses’ labor market performances. Productivity is approximated with residuals from estimates of pre-marriage earnings … migration on gross earnings in married and cohabiting couples. In particular, we examine the link between education level and … household earnings is largely explained by income gains among highly-educated males. Females generally experience no significant …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

between spousal personality and earnings while accounting for the potential endogeneity of the selection into marriage. Using …This paper explores the effects of a spouse's personality on earnings. We build on the growing literature spanning … economics and psychology that investigates how personality traits affect one's own individual earnings. In particular, several …

between spousal personality and earnings while accounting for the potential endogeneity of the selection into marriage. Using …This paper explores the effects of a spouse's personality on earnings. We build on the growing literature spanning … economics and psychology that investigates how personality traits affect one's own individual earnings. In particular, several …

The degree of assortative mating shows the degree of similarity within couples. Many papers try to calculate earnings … correlations between husbands and wives. This paper tries to calculate the earnings correlations for Turkey and consider the effect …

We analyze the effect of a wife’s human capital on her husband’s earnings, using individual-level data for Japan in the … period 2000?2003. We find a positive association between a wife’s education and her husband’s earnings, which can be … suggestive evidence that educated wives increase their husbands’ productivity and earnings only when they are non-workers and …

Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …