Working Paper
Marriage Premium with Productivity Heterogeneity
Roberto Bonilla, Francis Kiraly, John Wildman
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7791
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7791
Using an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets, we establish the existence of male marriage premium within a given productivity group, as well as a clear ranking of premia across different groups. We find supporting evidence using Chinese data.
CESifo Category
Labour Markets
Empirical and Theoretical Methods
Labour Markets
Empirical and Theoretical Methods
Keywords: constrained sequential search, marriage premium
JEL Classification: D830, J120, J160, J310