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Pestel, Nico ORCID: 0000-0003-0062-9514 (2017). Marital Sorting, Inequality and the Role of Female Labour Supply: Evidence from East and West Germany. Economica, 84 (333). S. 104 - 128. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-0335

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Abstract

This paper examines the effect of marital sorting on earnings inequality, taking into account extensive and intensive margin labour supply choices. Using German microdata, the observed distribution of couples' earnings is compared to a counterfactual of random matches. In West Germany, marital sorting is found to be disequalizing only after adjusting for labour supply. This means that positive sorting in earnings potential is veiled by low female participation rates. In East Germany, the impact is highly disequalizing even when earnings are taken as given, due to the fact that East German women are more attached to the labour market.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Pestel, Nico UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-9514 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-246751
DOI:	10.1111/ecca.12189
Journal or Publication Title:	Economica
Volume:	84
Number:	333
Page Range:	S. 104 - 128
Date:	2017
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-0335
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INCOME INEQUALITY; UNITED-STATES; WIVES EARNINGS; FAMILY INCOME; EUROPE; MODELS; IMPACT Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24675