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Does Marriage Really Make Men More Productive?
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This paper presents new descriptive evidence regarding marital pay premiums earned by white males. Longitudinal data indicate that wages rise after marriage, and that cross-sectional marriage premiums appear to result from a steepening of the earnings profile. Data from a company personnel file that includes information on job grades and supervisor performance ratings reveal large marital status pay differences within a narrow range of occupations (managers and professionals) and environments (a single firm). Married workers tend to be located in higher paying job grades; there are very small pay differentials within grades. Married men receive higher performance ratings than single men; as a result, they are much more likely to be promoted. Controlling for rated performance, however, eliminates the promotion differential.
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- Authors
- Korenman, S., & Neumark, D.
- Venue
- The Journal of Human Resources
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1991
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 282
- ISSN
- 0022-166X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1507349782
- Cited by
- 692
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 25.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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