Unobserved Endowments and Gender Differences in Marriage Matching

IF 3.9 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Wenchao Li, X. Lou, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang
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Abstract

This study investigates the effects of unobserved earnings-related endowments on marital outcomes, focusing on potential gender differences. Using a less stringent, more plausible assumption that monozygotic twins share more similar endowments relative to dizygotic twins, we develop a novel identification strategy from the twins experiment. Using unique Chinese twins survey data, we find that men with genetic endowments related to higher earnings marry earlier and have younger, taller wives; such women marry later and have older husbands with higher education and income. Results cast doubt on the conventional assumption of independence between unobservables and observable marital attributes.
婚姻匹配中的未观察禀赋与性别差异
这项研究调查了未观察到的与收入相关的捐赠对婚姻结果的影响,重点关注潜在的性别差异。使用一个不那么严格、更可信的假设,即单卵双胞胎与双卵双胞胎具有更相似的禀赋,我们从双胞胎实验中开发了一种新的识别策略。利用独特的中国双胞胎调查数据,我们发现,具有与收入较高相关的基因禀赋的男性结婚更早,妻子更年轻、更高;这些妇女结婚较晚,丈夫年龄较大,教育程度和收入较高。研究结果使人们对不可观察和可观察婚姻属性之间独立性的传统假设产生了怀疑。
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期刊介绍: Since 1983, the Journal of Labor Economics has presented international research that examines issues affecting the economy as well as social and private behavior. The Journal publishes both theoretical and applied research results relating to the U.S. and international data. And its contributors investigate various aspects of labor economics, including supply and demand of labor services, personnel economics, distribution of income, unions and collective bargaining, applied and policy issues in labor economics, and labor markets and demographics.
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