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. 1981 May;18(2):123-36.

Earnings, relative income, and family formation

M M MacDonald, R R Rindfuss
  • PMID: 7227580

Earnings, relative income, and family formation

M M MacDonald et al. Demography. 1981 May.

Abstract

The probability of first marriage for men who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957 was analyzed with respect to their Social Security earnings records, Wisconsin income tax reports for parents, and other variables. The findings provide no support for Easterlin's hypothesis that marriage will occur earlier when young men judge their economic prospects favorably with respect to their parents' income. However, young men's earnings and time spent in schooling to increase them were found to be important influences on marriage timing. Additional schooling had little effect net of the time it absorbed.

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