Z Eckstein, M Keane, O Lifshitz - Econometrica, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Comparing the 1935 and 1975 US birth cohorts, wages of married women grew twice as fast as for married men, and the wage gap between married and single women turned from …
E Rauscher - Social Forces, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Educational assortative mating patterns in the United States have changed since the 1960s, but we know little about the effects of these patterns on children, particularly on infant health …
I Almås, A Kotsadam, ER Moen… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - jhr.uwpress.org
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. We use the term hypergamy to describe a phenomenon …
D De la Croix, A Pommeret - Journal of Economic Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
Having children is like investing in a risky project. Postponing birth is like delaying an irreversible investment. It has an option value, which depends on its costs and benefits, and …
Infant sex ratios that differ from the biological norm provide a measure of gender status inequality that is not susceptible to social desirability bias. Ratios may become less biased …
S Basu - IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2017 - Springer
Intermarriage between a native and immigrant can affect the household's supply of labor hours. Spouse selectivity on the basis of human capital, distribution of bargaining power …
In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and this was true for Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. But in more recent cohorts, women graduate …
Skill mismatch, the discrepancy between the skill levels held by employees and those demanded by employers, has long been of interest to analysts of the labor market. From the …
El emparejamiento selectivo es un fenómeno que ha sido objeto de estudio en distintas disciplinas y en diversas direcciones con el fin de comprender en profundidad los patrones …