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Marital earnings premiums in Trinidad & Tobago:ethnicity and socioeconomic status

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  • Reed Neil Olsen
  • Addington Coppin

    (Missouri State University, USA
    Oakland University, USA)

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This article employs a unique data set from 1993 with 7,063 working men and women from Trinidad and Tobago to examine the impact of ethnicity and socioeconomic status upon marital earnings premiums. It finds a significant marriage premium for both males and females. Ethnicity is found to play a crucial role in marital premiums with more advantaged ethnic groups having generally higher premiums. This result is strengthened when controlling for socioeconomic status, which is found to increase the size of marital premiums for all workers, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Earnings regressions with endogenous marital status confirm these results and further highlight the importance of socioeconomic status.

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  • Reed Neil Olsen & Addington Coppin, 2010. "Marital earnings premiums in Trinidad & Tobago:ethnicity and socioeconomic status," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 44(1), pages 201-227, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.44:year:2011:issue1:pp:201-227
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    Keywords

    marital premium; socioeconomic status; developing economies;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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