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Table 6 Impact of intermarriage on specialization - natives

From: Relative labor supply in intermarriage

Dep. Var.:

RE Tobit1

Specialization index

Men (1)

Women(2)

Intermarriage

-0.085**

-0.075**

Education

0.018***

0.019***

More educ5 × difference in educ

-0.022***

-0.004

Age

-0.010***

-0.012***

Older × difference in age

0.006

0.007**

Duration of marriage

0.001

0.001*

Duration of intermarriage

-0.001

0.002

Children younger than 16

-0.152***

-0.152***

  1. Source: German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  2. Natives aged 20 to 65; Unbalanced panel, years 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005.
  3. Comparison of those in intermarriage with those in native marriages.
  4. Clustered standard errors; * p ≤ 0:05, ** p ≤ 0:01, *** p ≤ 0:001.
  5. 1Entries refer to marginal effects on the probability that both spouses work.
  6. 5Implying that this person has more years of schooling than his/her partner.
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