The productivity gains of marriage: Effects of spousal education on own productivity across market sectors in Brazil

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 633-650

  Tiefenthaler, Jill ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; MARITAL STATUS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031423429     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/452294     Document Type: Article

References (21)

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12. Benham.
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15. An alternative estimation technique to test the hypotheses previously outlined is to estimate the sectoral wage equations twice: the first estimation includes Wife's Education X Probability That Wife Works (term 1) and drops Wife's Education X Probability That Wife Works in Same Sector (term 2), and the second estimation includes term 2 and drops term 1. The expected result is that term 1 has a stronger negative effect on productivity in the first estimation than term 2 does in the second estimation. If the wife works in the labor market, her husband's productivity gains from her education will fall because of decreased specialization. However, if she works in the same sector as the husband does, the gains will not fall as much because of the improvements in productivity resulting from increased association.
16. Wong (n. 3 above).
17. Neuman and Ziderman, "Benefits of Women's Education within Marriage" (n. 3 above).
18. Becker, "A Theory of Marriage," and A Treatise on the Family (n. 1 above).
19. Benham (n. 2 above).
20. Wong.
21. Neuman and Ziderman, "Benefits of Women's Education within Marriage."