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Author: Stratton, Leslie S.
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1. Foster, Gigi
Stratton, Leslie S.
Does Female Breadwinning Make Partnerships less Healthy or less Stable?
Journal of Population Economics published online (1 July 2020): DOI: 10.1007/s00148-020-00783-5.
Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-020-00783-5
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Australia, Australian; Cross-national Analysis; Gender Attitudes/Roles; Household Income; Income; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marital Stability; Relationship Conflict

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Social norms can have a persistent influence on outcomes. Since the end of World War II, men have been the primary breadwinner in most households in the developed world, and US data from the late twentieth century suggests violation of this norm stresses partnerships. Is this still true? We examine whether female breadwinning makes partnerships less healthy or less stable using more recent US and Australian data. We find a much more modest association in both countries between female breadwinning and measures of relationship health or stability in OLS models for mixed-gender couples than has been found in prior studies. Transitions into female breadwinning are problematic mainly for cohabiting couples and especially so for younger people and less-educated men. These results suggest that social norms may be weakening, but mating market dynamics may also play a role. We find some evidence that cohabiting women in Australia who out-earn their partners subsequently re-partner with men who have higher earnings relative to themselves.
Bibliography Citation
Foster, Gigi and Leslie S. Stratton. "Does Female Breadwinning Make Partnerships less Healthy or less Stable?" Journal of Population Economics published online (1 July 2020): DOI: 10.1007/s00148-020-00783-5.
2. Rodgers, William M., III
Stratton, Leslie S.
Male Marital Wage Differentials: Training, Personal Characteristics, and Fixed Effects
Economic Inquiry 48,3 (July 2010): 722-742.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00209.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Western Economic Association International
Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; Family Background and Culture; Job Training; Marital Status; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Parental Influences; Racial Differences; Self-Esteem; Wage Differentials; Wage Growth

Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we replicate previous estimates of the marital wage differential for white men, extend the analysis to African American men, then explain the within and between race differentials. We first control for formal job training, then for cognitive skills, parental background, and self-esteem with little effect. By contrast, the white differential but not the black differential disappears in fixed-effects estimation. We reconcile the cross-section/panel differentials by focusing on the distinct identification conditions employed by each technique. Men who never change marital status play a significant role in white cross-sectional estimates. ( JEL J31, J12) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bibliography Citation
Rodgers, William M., III and Leslie S. Stratton. "Male Marital Wage Differentials: Training, Personal Characteristics, and Fixed Effects." Economic Inquiry 48,3 (July 2010): 722-742.
3. Rodgers, William M., III
Stratton, Leslie S.
The Male Marital Wage Differential: Race, Training, and Fixed Effects
IZA DP No. 1745, Institute for the Study of Labor, September 2005.
Also: ftp://repec.iza.org/RePEc/Discussionpaper/dp1745.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; Family Background and Culture; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Self-Esteem; Wage Differentials; Wage Growth

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Married white men have higher wages and faster wage growth than unmarried white men. Using the NLSY, we examine whether racial differences in intrahousehold specialization and formal training explain married men's faster wage growth, and individual-specific data on cognitive skills, family background, and self-esteem contribute to married men's higher wages. African American households engage in less intrahousehold specialization and experience no differential wage growth – a finding consistent with an intrahousehold specialization argument. However, while married men have more training, cognitive ability, and self-esteem than unmarried men, controlling for these differences does not explain any component of the marital wage differential.
Bibliography Citation
Rodgers, William M., III and Leslie S. Stratton. "The Male Marital Wage Differential: Race, Training, and Fixed Effects." IZA DP No. 1745, Institute for the Study of Labor, September 2005.
4. Stratton, Leslie S.
The Effect Interruptions in Work Experience Have on Wages
Southern Economic Journal 61,4 (April 1995): 955-970.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1060734
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: Southern Economic Association
Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Labor Economics; Re-employment; Schooling; Skills; Training; Wage Differentials; Wage Levels; Wages; Work Experience

The impact that interruptions in work experience have upon wages is examined in order to explain why previous studies found higher rates of wage depreciation the greater the fraction of recent reentrants in the sample data. Using a new sampling technique and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Women, an overall sample average depreciation rate of two percent a year is estimated. Further analysis, however, reveals that this estimate is quite sensitive to the length of the post-reentry employment spell. Individuals who remain employed for at least three years following reentry do not appear to have reentered at significantly lower wages.
Bibliography Citation
Stratton, Leslie S. "The Effect Interruptions in Work Experience Have on Wages." Southern Economic Journal 61,4 (April 1995): 955-970.