The Relationship Between Wife’s Education and Husband’s Earnings: Evidence from 1960 to 2000

Autor:	Lisa K. Jepsen
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Labour economics Earnings media_common.quotation_subject behavior and behavior mechanisms Economics Positive relationship Wife social sciences humanities Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Educational attainment media_common
Zdroj:	Review of Economics of the Household. 3:197-214
ISSN:	1573-7152 1569-5239
DOI:	10.1007/s11150-005-0710-4
Popis:	Previous research finds a positive relationship between a wife’s education and her husband’s earnings using data from the 1960s. Earlier theories suggest that benefits accrue from informational sharing between partners in a marriage. This paper tests the hypothesis that a wife’s education is positively associated with her husband’s earnings, using data from the 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses. Between 1960 and 2000, the educational attainment and labor-force participation of married women has increased dramatically. As women have embarked upon their own careers, has their education continued to be positively associated with their husbands’ earnings? Yes. The coefficient of the wife’s education remains positive and significant for all the years under study. The size of the coefficient decreases, however, from 1960 to 2000.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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