Abstract
Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being more significant for noncollege-educated individuals versus college-educated ones. Divorce has increased, more so for the noncollege-educated. Additionally, positive assortative mating has risen. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment, and married female labor-force participation is developed and estimated to fit the postwar US data. Two underlying driving forces are considered: technological progress in the household sector and shifts in the wage structure. The analysis emphasizes the joint role that educational attainment, married female labor-force participation, and marital structure play in determining income inequality.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-41 |
Journal | American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
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Replication data for: Technology and the Changing Family: A Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment, and Married Female Labor-Force Participation
Greenwood, J. (Creator), Guner ., N. (Creator), Kocharkov, G. (Creator) & Santos, C. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 10 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.3886/e114069v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/114069/version/V1/view
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Replication data for: Technology and the Changing Family: A Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment, and Married Female Labor-Force Participation
Greenwood, J. (Creator), Guner ., N. (Creator), Kocharkov, G. (Creator) & Santos, C. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.3886/e114069, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/114069
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