An Investment-and-Marriage Model with Differential Fecundity: On the College Gender Gap

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Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 2021
Volume: 129
Issue: 5
Pages: 1464 - 1486

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8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

I build an investment-and-marriage model to provide a new explanation for the reversed college gender gap; that is, more women than men are going to college. The explanation is based on differential fecundity and an equilibrium marriage-market effect. The model also sheds light on gender-specific relationships between age at marriage and midlife personal income for American men and women and the evolving relationship between age at marriage and spousal income for American women.

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RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/713097
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29