Autor: |
Almar, Frederik, Friedrich, Benjamin, Reynoso, Ana, Schulz, Bastian, Vejlin, Rune |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Zdroj: |
Jensen, F A, Friedrich, B, Reynoso, A, Schulz, B & Vejlin, R M 2023 ' Marital Sorting and Inequality: How Educational Categorization Matters ' IZA Discussion Paper, no. 15912, IZA Institute of Labor Economics . |
Popis: |
This paper revisits the link between education-based marriage market sorting and income inequality. Leveraging Danish administrative data, we develop a novel categorization of marriage market types based on the starting wages and wage growth trajectories associated with educational programs: ambition types. We find a substantial increase in sorting by educational ambition over time, which explains more than 40% of increasing inequality since 1980. In contrast, sorting trends are flat with the commonly used level of education. Hence, the mapping between education and marriage-market types matters crucially for conclusions about the role of marital sorting in rising income inequality. |
Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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