Pilar Gonalons-Pons , Christine R. Schwartz , Kelly Musick; Alterations in Couples’ Money After the Parenthood and you will Manner within the Family Earnings Inequality. Demography ; 58 (3): 10931117. doi:
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Abstract
The new increasing financial resemblance out of spouses have triggered ascending income inequality across homes. Causes provides normally according to assortative mating, but present really works enjoys argued you to definitely alterations in ladies a career and spouses’ office off paid works enjoys played a more extremely important character. I expand which strive to check out the vital turning section of parenthood in the shaping couples’ office out of work and earnings. Attracting for the three U.S. nationwide affiliate studies, i look at the fresh new part out-of parenthood when you look at the spouses’ earnings correlations between 1968 and you can 2015. I see the latest the total amount to which alterations in spouses’ income correlations are due to (1) alter up on entry into the wedding (assortative mating), (2) change ranging from matrimony and you may parenthood, (3) transform adopting the parenthood, and you can (4) changes in ladies a career.