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dc.contributor.authorAhituv, Avneren
dc.contributor.authorLerman, Robert I.en
dc.date.accessioned2005-11-01-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:13:20Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:13:20Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33607-
dc.description.abstractHow marriage interacts with men's earnings is an important public policy issue, given debates over programs to directly encourage healthy marriages. This paper generates new findings about the earnings-marriage relationship by estimating the linkages between marriage, work commitment, and wage rates. Unlike other studies of the marital wage premium for men, we examine how marital status and marital transitions affect hours worked as well as wage rates, take account of the feedback effect on wage rates and earnings associated with marriage effects on hours worked, estimate marriage effects on black and low skill men, control for several dimensions of selection, and follow men from age 17-40. We find that marriage increases men's earnings by about 20 percent and also find a rise in wage rates and hours worked increases marriage. These findings suggest that both marriage-enhancing and earnings-enhancing policies can set off a virtuous circle, in which marriage and earnings reinforce each other over time. Unmarried men who appear unable to support a family because of low current earnings are likely to become more adequate breadwinners once they marry. Thus, if proposed programs are able to increase the utility from and appreciation of marriage, they are likely to generate earnings gains for men as an important side effect.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1688en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.jelJ12en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ88en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordlabor supplyen
dc.subject.keywordwage determinantsen
dc.subject.keywordmarriageen
dc.subject.keywordmarital dissolutionen
dc.subject.stwEheen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsethiken
dc.subject.stwLohnen
dc.subject.stwMännliche Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleHow do marital status, wage rates, and work commitment interact?-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn496430807en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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