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Abstract:
In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women have improved, the marriage gap has been growing in some countries but shrinking in others. We discuss the comparative statics of a theoretical model in which the (negative) social attitudes toward working women might contribute to the lower marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-monotonic relationship between their labor market... [+] Show more
Subjects: Culture and society; Gender
Keywords: Comparative analysis; Cultural aspects; Educational level; Family; Skilled worker
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Published: Bonn, Germany: IZA, 2018
Physical description: [88] p.
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