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Is There a Male Breadwinner Norm? The Hazards of Inferring Preferences from Marriage Market Outcomes

Ariel J. Binder and David Lam
Published online before print September 11, 2020, 0320-10803R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.2.0320-10803R1
Ariel J. Binder
Ariel J. Binder is an Economist within the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies. This paper was completed while he was a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics and Pre-Doctoral trainee in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. David Lam is a Professor in the Department of Economics; Research Professor in the Population Studies Center; and Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Ariel J. Binder is an Economist within the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies. This paper was completed while he was a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics and Pre-Doctoral trainee in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. David Lam is a Professor in the Department of Economics; Research Professor in the Population Studies Center; and Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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0320-10803R1
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.2.0320-10803R1
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  1. Ariel J. Binder and
  2. David Lam⇑
  1. Ariel J. Binder is an Economist within the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies. This paper was completed while he was a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics and Pre-Doctoral trainee in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. David Lam is a Professor in the Department of Economics; Research Professor in the Population Studies Center; and Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
  1. Corresponding author: David Lam, davidl{at}umich.edu.

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