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2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 333-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric D Gould ◽  
Omer Moav ◽  
Avi Simhon

We examine why developed societies are monogamous while rich men throughout history have typically practiced polygyny. Wealth inequality naturally produces multiple wives for rich men in a standard model of the marriage market. However, we demonstrate that higher female inequality in the marriage market reduces polygyny. Moreover, we show that female inequality increases in the process of development as women are valued more for the quality of their children than for the quantity. Consequently, male inequality generates inequality in the number of wives per man in traditional societies, but manifests itself as inequality in the quality of wives in developed societies. (JEL J12, J16, J24, Z13)



2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoi Yan Cheung ◽  
Alex W. H. Chan


2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean R Hyslop

This paper studies the labor supply contributions to individual and family earnings inequality during the period of rising wage inequality in the early 1980's. Working couples have positively correlated labor market outcomes, which are almost entirely attributable to permanent factors. An intertemporal family labor supply model with this feature is used to estimate labor supply elasticities for husbands of 0.05, and wives of 0.40. This implies that labor supply explains little of the rising annual earnings inequality for married men, but over 20 percent of the rise in family inequality and 50 percent of the modest rise in female inequality. (JEL C23, J22)



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