2019
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12450
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Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in France

Abstract: This paper analyzes assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first provide descriptive evidence on the statistical association in several socioeconomic attributes of partners. Second, we assess the contribution of assortative mating to earnings inequality between couples. We provide a new method for assessing the contribution of assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings, that accounts for selection bias arising from labor force participation. Our results indicat… Show more

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“…A high association between partners' incomes can be the result of a variety of processes, of which partner selection is only one. One process is the matching of partners based on their income generation potential (Frémeaux and Lefranc, 2015). A recent paper on the US, however, found no role for partner selection based on earnings once explaining changes in income inequality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A high association between partners' incomes can be the result of a variety of processes, of which partner selection is only one. One process is the matching of partners based on their income generation potential (Frémeaux and Lefranc, 2015). A recent paper on the US, however, found no role for partner selection based on earnings once explaining changes in income inequality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research on the influence of partnering behavior on income inequality forms part of a larger literature documenting the role of family dynamics including family structure, female employment and the association between partners' earnings (Bouchet-Valat, 2017;Esping-Andersen, 2007;Kollmeyer, 2012;McLanahan and Percheski, 2008;Western et al, 2008). Among these factors, the influence of the correlation between partners' earnings on income inequality appears especially large (Frémeaux and Lefranc, 2015;Schwartz, 2013) and can explain between 20% and 50% of changes in income inequality over time in the United States (Schwartz, 2010). This observation provokes the question whether a range of family dynamics including the selection of partners and processes that take place after union formation (e.g.…”
Section: Educational Homogamy Among Partners and Income Inequalitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The literature on the gender wage gap (comparing men's and women's average wages) is very abundant (Altonji & Blank [1999], Ponthieux & Meurs [2015), but the literature dealing more specifically with the intra-couple gender wage gap is much rarer. Some studies focus on wage homogamy (Frémeaux & Lefranc [2017]; Hu & Qia [2015]) and some others mobilize the intra-couple gender wage gap as a determinant of other outcomes such as the probability of divorce (Brines & Joyner [1999]; Bertrand et al [2015]), the allocation of domestic tasks (Ponthieux & Schreiber [2006]; Bloemen & Stancanelli [2014]; Sofer & Thibout [2015]; Bertrand et al [2015]) and the inequality of inter-household income (Blau [1998]; Schwartz [2010], Frémeaux & Lefranc [2017). We are not aware of any work studying intra-couple wage inequality according to the type of union (marriage versus cohabitation).…”
Section: The Wage Gap Between Partnersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This fall would be greater, by 3 percentage points for women and 7 percentage points for men, if couples were formed randomly (no homogamy). Based on a different method, another study (Frémeaux & Lefranc, 2015) estimated that educational homogamy causes a 3% to 10% increase in inequalities between the annual wages of couples. However, these studies disregard the issue of changes over time.…”
Section: Source Scope and Definition Of Wagementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The contribution of this study is first and foremost to analyse the changes over time, whereas the existing research for France (Frémeaux & Lefranc, 2015;Courtioux & Lignon, 2015a) focuses on a single point in time (either a cohort or a survey year). This historical perspective is necessary to identify the impact of the growth in women's employment on inequalities.…”
Section: Source Scope and Definition Of Wagementioning
confidence: 99%