Why we compete
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Why we compete
- October 1, 2015
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is featured in The Atlantic Oct. 2015
From The Atlantic:
According to one analysis of labor statistics, sisterly competition may have contributed
to rising female employment after World War II. Among grown sisters not in the workforce,
a woman was more likely to get a job if her brother-in-law outearned her husband [2].
[2] [David] Neumark [UCI] and Postlewaite, “Relative Income Concerns and the Rise
in Married Women’s Employment” (Journal of Public Economics, Oct. 1998)
For the full story, please visit http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/why-we-compete/403201/.
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