As the importance of capital is resurging in rich countries, the dynamics of wealth inequality are being increasingly … than labor income in explaining marriage choice. This quantitative result seems to characterize the expected lifetime … inheritance and labor income after marriage for Germany under the actual rate of return, growth rate, demographics as well as …

This paper analyzes economic assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first provide … earnings, potential earnings, education, occupation). Second, we assess the contribution of assortative mating to earnings … inequality between couples. Contrary to previous estimates, we account for possible biases in the estimation of assortative …

This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past … based on a structural model of household labor supply. For West Germany, a positive effect of marital sorting on inequality … participation. In East Germany, the impact of marital sorting on inequality is highly disequalizing irrespective of adjusting for …

This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly … inequality has been underestimated in previous approaches. Predicting hours worked for hypothetical couples reveals a strong … disequalizing impact of nonrandom sorting on inequality which is stable since the 1980s. Taking labor supply choices as given would …

inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally …, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …

. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married …Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being bigger for non-college educated individuals versus college … household income inequality …

inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally …, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …