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Selection and Specialization in the Evolution of Marriage Earnings Gaps

Chinhui Juhn, Kristin McCue
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2016, 2 (4) 237-269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.4.09
Chinhui Juhn
aHenry Graham Professor of Economics at the University of Houston and research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
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bPrincipal economist at the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau
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    Marriage Earnings Differentials

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS)

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE)

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    Marriage Earnings Gap, Women (OLS)

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    Marriage Earnings Gap, Women (FE)

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS)

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE)

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), High School or Less

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), Some College

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), College Graduate

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), African American

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), High School or Less

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), Some College

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), College Graduate

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    Earnings Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), African American

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), High School or Less

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), Some College

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), College Graduate

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (OLS), African American

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), High School or Less

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), Some College

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), College Graduate

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    Participation Relative to Single, Childless Women (FE), African American

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Chinhui Juhn, Kristin McCue
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