Benefits of women's education within marriage: results for Israel in a dual labor market context

Neuman and Ziderman (1986) suggested that the dual labor market model may be relevant for Israel. That is, while human capital variables were shown to enhance male earnings within the designated primary labor market, they failed to do so in the secondary sector. Similarly, and following Benham (1974...

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Published in:Economic development and cultural change 1992, Vol.40 (2), p.413-424
Main Authors: Neuman, S, Ziderman, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
capital
Coefficients
Comparative studies
costs and returns
cross-productivity
dual labor market models
Economic benefits
Economic models
Economic statistics
Education
Educational attainment
Effects
Extractive industries
Human capital
human resources
Israel
Labor force
Labor market
Labor markets
Labour market
Manufacturing industries
Marriage
Productivity
Regression analysis
Wages & salaries
Women
Women's education
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Summary:Neuman and Ziderman (1986) suggested that the dual labor market model may be relevant for Israel. That is, while human capital variables were shown to enhance male earnings within the designated primary labor market, they failed to do so in the secondary sector. Similarly, and following Benham (1974), wife's education would be expected to exert a positive influence on husband's earnings in primary labor markets. However, for secondary labor markets, where own human capital attributes generally do not result in enhanced earnings, it might be surmised that husband's earnings would not show any relationship to wife's educational level. To test this proposition, the original data set was reused. The results supported the notion of a positive cross-productivity effect of wife's education on husband's earnings in the primary sector, but found no such effect for the secondary sector.
ISSN:0013-0079
1539-2988
DOI:10.1086/451946