Changes in Couples’ Money Following Parenthood and you will Manner inside the Family members Money Inequality
Pilar Gonalons-Pons , Christine Roentgen. Schwartz , Kelly Musick; Changes in Couples’ Income After the Parenthood and you can Trends during the Loved ones Money Inequality. Demography ; 58 (3): 1093–1117. doi:
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Conceptual
The brand new broadening financial similarity of partners features led to ascending income inequality across house. Grounds keeps usually based on assortative mating, but latest really works enjoys argued you to definitely changes in ladies’ a position and you may spouses’ division from reduced functions has actually played a very important role. I grow this try to take into account the important turning point out of parenthood inside the creating couples’ section out of a job and you can income. Drawing to your around three You.S. nationwide affiliate surveys, we evaluate the new role off parenthood for the spouses’ earnings correlations between 1968 and you may 2015. We check the newest extent that alterations in spouses’ income correlations are caused by (1) transform on entry with the marriage (assortative mating), (2) change between marriage and you may parenthood, (3) alter pursuing the parenthood, and (4) changes in ladies’ employment. The conclusions demonstrate that expands regarding relationship ranging from spouses’ income ahead of 1990 appeared largely off alter ranging from e nearly entirely out of transform following the parenthood.