Marital Status and Earnings of male Chinese: A Study on the Source of Marriage Premium
作者:
赵留彦，北京大学经济学院
E-mail: zhly@pku.edu.cn
黄茜，北京大学经济学院
E-mail: huang_q@pku.edu.cn
赵岩，北京大学软件与微电子学院金融信息与工程管理系
E-mail: zhaoyan@ss.pku.edu.cn
Abstract:
The degree and source of marriage premium in male Chinese are controversial. Using the panel data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database from 2014 to 2018, we examine the degree and generating mechanism of marriage premium in male Chinese. Our dataset has a unique advantage in identifying the mechanisms by which marriage premiums are generated as it is able to compare the changes of individual marital status and income over time. Our results show that male Chinese enjoy a significant marriage premium of more than 20%. However, the source of the marriage premium is not the marriage itself. Compared with single men, married men have already enjoyed a significant wage premium before their marriage. Therefore, the marriage premium is entirely selective, reflecting the return on unobservable qualities that affect both income and marriage. Keywords: Marriage premium; Productivity effects; Marriage selection effects
JEL: J12, J24, N30
摘要：
本文使用中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）数据库2014-2018年的面板数据，检验了我国男性婚姻溢价的程度及其生成机制。由于能够比较个体收入和婚姻状态随时间的变化情况，我们的数据在识别婚姻溢价生成机制方面具有独特优势。计量结果表明，我国男性存在高达20%以上的显著婚姻溢价。不过，婚姻溢价的根源并非婚姻本身，相比单身者而言，结婚者早在婚前就已经享有了显著且程度相近的工资溢价。这种溢价完全来自于选择性效应，反映的是同时影响收入和婚姻的不可观测特质所带来的回报。
关键词：婚姻溢价;生产率假说;选择性假说
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