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Mamun, Arif A. |
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Is There a Cohabitation Premium in Men's Earnings? Working Paper No. 2004-02, Center for Research on Families, University of Washington, Seattle WA, May-July 2004. Also: http://depts.washington.edu/crfam/WorkingPapers/CRF 2004-02_Mamun_updated.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Center for Research on Families Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Hispanics; Marriage; Wage Determination; Wage Models; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper provides new evidence on wage premiums for men in relation to marriage and cohabitation. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the paper shows that even after accounting for selection there is a cohabitation wage premium, albeit smaller than the marriage premium, for White and Black men but not for Hispanic men. The wage premiums appear to result from a steepening of the wage profile over the length of the relationship. In addition, we find that partner's education has a significant positive influence on men's wage. The results indicate that family union might enhance men's earnings by means beyond what household specialization hypothesis suggests. We put forward a joint human capital hypothesis as an explanation for the existence of the wage premiums. |
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Mamun, Arif A. "Is There a Cohabitation Premium in Men's Earnings?" Working Paper No. 2004-02, Center for Research on Families, University of Washington, Seattle WA, May-July 2004. |