Dynamic Effects of Educational Assortative Mating on Labor Supply

Rania Gihleb and Osnat Lifshitz

No 9958, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In 30% of young American couples the wife is more educated than the husband. Those women are characterized by a substantially higher employment (all else equal), which in turn amplifies income inequality across couples. Using NLSY79, we formulate and structurally estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of endogenous marriage and labor supply decisions in a collective framework. We establish that the education gap at the time of marriage, produces dynamic effects due to human capital accumulation and implied wage growth. Inequality between couples is largely driven by the persistence in labor supply choices and only slightly affected by assortative matching.

Keywords: female labor supply; educational assortative mating; human capital; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J22 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 90 pages
Date: 2016-05
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Published - published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2022, 46, 302-327

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