Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9549181 | Economics Letters | 2005 | 6 Pages |
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 wives' zodiacal signs-to estimate the causal effect of marital status on female labor force participation.
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Authors
Jungmin Lee,