. Theoretically, the high productivity of a spouse in a marriage could affect the other spouse’s earnings in two ways: negatively … residuals from estimates of pre-marriage earnings equations. Results indicate that there are negative effects of the spouse …This paper studies how the spouse’s productivity in the labor market affects one’s individual earnings when married …

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 …

earnings, potential earnings, education, occupation). Second, we assess the contribution of assortative mating to earnings … assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in … France. The correlation coefficient for education is above 0.6. The correlation in earnings is lower but sizable: around 0 …

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 …