. 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 … marriage. However, closer examination shows that only the youngest groups of males and females experience this negative effect …

. 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 … marriage. However, closer examination shows that only the youngest groups of males and females experience this negative effect …

We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family … the high-income earner may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by the marriage. Redistributive income …. Redistributive taxation is shown both to further and stabilize marriage. …

Study, this study investigates whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using … a treatment outcome approach to account for the selection into marriage. Comparing children with similar background … least squares models indicates that the marriage effect is greater for children whose parents transition into marriage …

Study, this study investigates whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using … a treatment outcome approach to account for the selection into marriage. Comparing children with similar background … least squares models indicates that the marriage effect is greater for children whose parents transition into marriage …

We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family …, because he may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by marriage. Redistributive income taxation may ease this … taxation is shown both to further and stabilize marriage. …

period 2000?2003. We find a positive association between a wife’s education and her husband’s earnings, which can be …

Race and ethnic wealth differentials are wide and increasing. Some of the gaps are associated with education … differences, but education alone cannot account for the substantially higher net worth of White families than of Black and …

contribution to inequality and poverty in Sweden, but occupy only limited space in the income inequality debate. To fill this gap …, we put a quarter of a century of rising inequality in Sweden in a new perspective by quantifying the effect of changing … household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …

of pregnancy, including human rights abuses, gender inequality, child marriage, and socioeconomic marginalization …