The male marital wage differential
Subtitle: race, training, and fixed effects
By: by William M. Rodgers III, Leslie S. Stratton.
Contributors: Stratton, Leslie S.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1745; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1745
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Husbands; Wages; Race discrimination
Description: "Married white men have higher wages and faster wage growth than unmarried white men. Using the NLSY, we examine whether racial differences in intrahousehold specialization and formal training explain married men's faster wage growth, and individual-specific data on cognitive skills, family background, and self-esteem contribute to married men's higher wages. African American households engage in less intrahousehold specialization and experience no differential wage growth -- a finding consistent with an intrahousehold specialization argument. However, while married men have more training, cognitive ability, and self-esteem than unmarried men, controlling for these differences does not explain any component of the marital wage differential"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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