Dr. Alexander Tabarrok wrote: > There is a fairly famous empirical paper that I have heard of but I >don't actually know the citation. What the authors found is that the >best predictor of whether a wife works is the income of her sister's >husband! Anyone care to provide the cite?
Neumark, D. and Postlewaite, A. (1998), "Relative Income Concerns and the Rise in Married Women's Employment", Journal of Public Economics, 70, pp.157-183. An excellent journal that J. Pub. Ec. - the fact that they're about to publish my article of course does not effect my evaluation :-). Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hanson.gmu.edu Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444 703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323
