A reexamination of marital status and the earnings of men

Within the field of labor economics, there has been a lot of empirical work which has shown that married men earn more than unmarried men. Theoretically, this makes some sense in that men which earn more money than other men may be more attractive partners for marriage. Also, married men may work ha...

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Main Author: Brinkley, Mark A.
Other Authors: Economics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42533
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092009-040351/