Sources for Term Papers on Whether Marriage Makes Men More Productive

Barg, K. and Beblo, M., (2009), “Does marriage pay more than cohabitation?”, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp 552-570. (Consider only pp 552-553 and pp 567.)

Cornwell, Christopher and Peter Rupert; (1997), “Unobservable Individual Effects, Marriage and the Earnings of Young Men”, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 35, April 1997, pp. 285-294.

Jacobsen, Joyce P. and Wendy L. Rayack. (1996) “Do Men Whose Wives Work Really Earn Less?”, American Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 2, May 1996, pp. 268-273.

Kelly, K. and L. Grant, (2012), “Pena;lties and Premiums: The impact of gender, marriage and parenthood on faculty salaries in science, engineering and mathematics (SEM) and non-SEM fields”, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp 869-896. (PUT ON RESERVE)

Loh, Eng Seng (1996), “Productivity Differences and the Marriage Wage Premium for White Males” in the Journal of Economic Resources, Summer 1996, vol. 31, no. 3, pp 566 590.

Mamun, A., (2012), “Cohabitation Premium in Men’s Earnings: Testing the Joint Human Capital Hypothesis”, Journal of Family Issues Vol. 33, pp 53-68.

Schoeni, Robert F., (1995), “Marital Status and Earnings in Developed Countries”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 8, 1995, pp. 351-359.

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Is there a ‘marriage premium’ for gay men?

Zavodny, M., (2008), “Is there a ‘marriage premium’ for gay men?”, Review of the Economics of the Household, Vol. 6, pp 369-389.

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Is the Marriage Premium Declining? What Does it Mean for the Specialization Hypothesis?

Blackburn, McKinley and Sanders Korenman, (1994), “The Declining Marital-Status Earnings Differential”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol 7, No. 3, pp 247-270

Cohen. P. (2002), “Cohabitation and the Declining Marriage Premium for Men”, Work and Occupations, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp 346-363.

Gray, Jeffrey S.; (1997) “The Fall in Men’s Return to Marriage: Declining Productivity Effects or Changing Selection?”, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1997, pp. 481-504

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