Positive Assortative Mating and Spouses as Complementary Factors of Production: A Theory of Labour Augmentation
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Peter Groothuis Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
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Abstract: This article develops a model of intellectual labour augmentation to explain
both the marriage wage premium and educational assortative mating. We
suggest that husbands and wives are complementary factors of production
where a spouse’s education and skills augment their partner’s productivity
and earnings potential. We test this proposition using data from the 2000 US
Census of Population and the 2003 Current Population Survey. Our results
indicate that for working couples the marriage premium for husbands and
wives is directly related to the education level of their spouses – suggesting
that positive assortative mating may be attributable to the labour market
effects of intellectual augmentation of married households.
Positive Assortative Mating and Spouses as Complementary Factors of Production: A Theory of Labour Augmentation
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- Publication
- Groothuis, P.A. and Gabriel, P.E. (2010), Positive Assortative Mating and Spouses as Complementary Factors of Production: A Theory of Labor Augmentation. Applied Economics, 42(9): 1101-1111 (April 2010). Published by Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 0003-6846). DOI: 10.1080/00036840701721141
- Language: English
- Date: 2010