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One of the most persistent socioeconomic phenomena in the process of family formation is the relatively low rate of … race marriage gap remains, albeit sometimes in reduced magnitude, even after controlling for economic attributes of … race gap is explained in part by disparities in unobserved earning capacities between black and white men. In doing so …
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We discuss some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family formation and union … family formation is diverse but perhaps the key findings highlighted in this chapter are that outcomes depend greatly on the …
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This study is the first to find that mate availability explains much of the race gap in non marital fertility in the …
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Is BMI related to hours of work through marriage market mechanisms? We empirically explore this issue using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 and a number of estimation strategies (including OLS, IV, and sibling FE). Our IV estimates (with same-sex sibling's BMI as an instrument and a large set of...
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