Ginther, Donna K.; Zavodny, Madeline - In: Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 2, pp. 313-328
In standard cross-sectional wage regressions, married men appear to earn 10 to 20% more than comparable never married men. One proposed explanation for this male marriage premium is that men may be selected into marriage on the basis of characteristics valued by employers as well as by spouses...
