2018
DOI: 10.3917/redp.285.0745
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Wage Premium and Wage Penalty in Marriage versus Cohabitation

Abstract: Empirical evidence has shown that married men generally earn more and married women earn less than their unmarried counterparts. However, the control group of "not married" differs between studies, over time and between countries, such that the message remains somewhat fuzzy. It is not clear whether the type of union or the fact of being in a union is responsible for these wage penalties and premiums. This article aims to analyze whether marriage pays more than cohabitation in a country such as France, where c… Show more

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“…Theoretical explanations for economic marital premiums have predominantly focused on two causal mechanisms: potentially higher productivity of married compared to unmarried men partially due to specialization within marriage and employer preference to hire and promote married men over unmarried men. Additionally, higher wages of married men have also been discussed to be a result of the selection of economically more successful men into marriage or to be purely spurious (Bonnet et al, 2018; Budig & England, 2001; Killewald & Gough, 2013; Killewald & Lundberg, 2017; Ludwig & Brüderl, 2018; McDonald, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Theoretical explanations for economic marital premiums have predominantly focused on two causal mechanisms: potentially higher productivity of married compared to unmarried men partially due to specialization within marriage and employer preference to hire and promote married men over unmarried men. Additionally, higher wages of married men have also been discussed to be a result of the selection of economically more successful men into marriage or to be purely spurious (Bonnet et al, 2018; Budig & England, 2001; Killewald & Gough, 2013; Killewald & Lundberg, 2017; Ludwig & Brüderl, 2018; McDonald, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%