Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 348-53
, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been … inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …