The Relationship Between Wife’s Education and Husband’s Earnings: Evidence from 1960 to 2000
Previous research finds a positive relationship between a wife’s education and her husband’s earnings using data from the 1960s. Earlier theories suggest that benefits accrue from informational sharing between partners in a marriage. This paper tests the hypothesis that a wife’s education is positively associated with her husband’s earnings, using data from the 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses. Between 1960 and 2000, the educational attainment and labor-force participation of married women has increased dramatically. As women have embarked upon their own careers, has their education continued to be positively associated with their husbands’ earnings? Yes. The coefficient of the wife’s education remains positive and significant for all the years under study. The size of the coefficient decreases, however, from 1960 to 2000. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2005
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Volume (Year): 3 (2005)
Issue (Month): 2 (06)
Pages: 197-214
| Handle: | RePEc:kap:reveho:v:3:y:2005:i:2:p:197-214 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11150-005-0710-4 |
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