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Productivity Differences and the Marriage Wage Premium for White Males

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: 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 Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper provides new evidence that labor productivity differences between married and never-married men are unlikely to be the cause of the marriage premium.

Source: The Journal of Human Resources

DOI: 10.2307/146266

Author: Eng Seng Loh

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1583657418

FWCI: 2.969

Cites: 18

Cited by: 230

Related to: 10