Why wait? The effect of marriage and childbearing the wages of men and women

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-349

  Loughran, David S ^a   Zissimopoulos, Julie M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 67649312022     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.2.326     Document Type: Article

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