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Title: What Remains after the Oil Boom Is Over?

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This paper links between Beckerian literature that shows that marriage is a normal good with respect to male income and the literature that explores cultural changes as a result of exogenous events. I use the oil crisis of the 1970s as a positive shock on some males. The analyzed outcome is marital status at early twenties for women and at mid and late twenties for men. The probability to be never-married decreases in the American oilproducing areas immediately after the shock. This effect persists after the oil boom is over but longer for men than for women.

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Authors: Jelnov, Pavel

Series Title: IZA Discussion Paper Series

Publication Number: 12324

Institution: IZA

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Publisher Location: Bonn, Germany

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage

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