Title of article
Marriage, female labor supply, and Asian zodiacs
Author/Authors
Jungmin Lee، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
6
From page
427
To page
432
Abstract
Marital status and labor supply decisions could be correlated on the unobservable. Using South Korean data, this paper exploits exogenous selection into marriage caused by an eccentric cultural phenomenon—preferences for wivesʹ zodiacal signs—to estimate the causal effect of marital status on female labor force participation.
Keywords
Female labor force participation , Zodiac , Instrumental variable , marriage
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435691
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