International Journal of Business and Economics Volume 6, No. 3 December, 2007

Wage Inequality and Propensity to Marry after 1980 in Taiwan

Yu-Chen Kuo

Department of Economics, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Abstract

This paper utilizes data from Taiwan to examine whether male wage inequality explains the decline in the propensity to marry. Our empirical results find a small but insignificant effect of regional wage inequality under different measures and specifications of inequality.

Keywords：marriage, wage inequality, labor market.

JEL Classifications：J10, J12.

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