Why Wait?: The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women
利用NLSY数据估计婚姻和生育对工资的影响，发现婚姻使女性工资降低2-4%，男性工资增长放缓；生育仅降低女性工资2-3%，对男性无影响。
We use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Our estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage growth. Male wages are unaffected by childbearing. These findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in lifetime earnings.