PRODUCTIVITY DIFFERENCES AND THE MARRIAGE WAGE PREMIUM FOR WHITE MALES

Authors
LOH ES
Citation
Es. Loh, PRODUCTIVITY DIFFERENCES AND THE MARRIAGE WAGE PREMIUM FOR WHITE MALES, The Journal of human resources, 31(3), 1996, pp. 566-589
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Economics,"Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
The Journal of human resources → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022166X
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
566 - 589
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-166X(1996)31:3<566:PDATMW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Attempts to account for the positive, and often large, wage premium pa id to married men based on their greater productivity have been inconc lusive. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, thi s paper provides new evidence that labor productivity differences betw een married and never-married men are unlikely to be the cause of the marriage premium.