This paper presents new descriptive evidence regarding marital pay premiums earned by
white males. Longitudinal data indicate that wages rise after marriage, and that cross …

If farmers are risk averse, greater farm income variability should increase off‐farm labor
supply. This effect is confirmed for a sample of Kansas farmers. Off‐farm employment of …

Using data from the Current Population Survey March Supplement 1999, this study
examines why married men earn more than men who have never married. We find that the …

Empirical research has consistently shown that married men have substantially higher
wages, on average, than otherwise similar unmarried men. One commonly cited hypothesis …

Attempts to account for the positive, and often large, wage premium paid to married men
based on their greater productivity have been inconclusive. Using data from the National …

While there is compelling evidence that married men earn more than unmarried men, the
source of this premium remains unsettled. Using panel data from the National Longitudinal …

How marital status interacts with men's earnings is an important analytic and policy issue,
especially in the context of debates in the United States over programs that encourage …

Farm households diversify their income sources by working off the farm. This is a risk
management strategy that is used by farm households in both developed and developing …

This article investigates how marriage affects the wages of men in Germany. A variety of
reasons have been proposed for why married men earn higher wages than single men; …

We investigate the relationship between marriage and wages among men in Britain using
panel data. Our econometric specifications allow for observed and unobserved …