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Marriage Premium with Productivity Heterogeneity

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  • Roberto Bonilla
  • Francis Kiraly
  • John Wildman

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Using an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets, we establish the existence of male marriage premium within a given productivity group, as well as a clear ranking of premia across different groups. We find supporting evidence using Chinese data.

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  • Roberto Bonilla & Francis Kiraly & John Wildman, 2019. "Marriage Premium with Productivity Heterogeneity," CESifo Working Paper Series 7791, CESifo.
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    Keywords

    constrained sequential search; marriage premium;

    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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