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@article{ Grow2020, title = {The Gender Cliff in the Relative Contribution to the Household Income: insights from Modelling Marriage Markets in 27 European Countries}, author = {Grow, André and Bavel, Jan van}, journal = {European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie}, number = {4}, pages = {711-733}, volume = {36}, year = {2020}, issn = {1572-9885}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-019-09547-8}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74550-7}, abstract = {In Western countries, the distribution of relative incomes within marriages tends to be skewed in a remarkable way. Husbands usually do not only earn more than their female partners, but there is also a striking discontinuity in their relative contributions to the household income at the 50/50 point: many wives contribute just a bit less than or as much as their husbands, but few contribute more. This 'cliff' has been interpreted as evidence that men and women avoid situations where a wife would earn more than her husband, since this would go against traditional gender norms. In this paper, we use a simulation approach to model marriage markets and demonstrate that a cliff in the relative income distribution can also emerge without such avoidance. We feed our simulations with income data from 27 European countries. Results show that a cliff can emerge from inequalities in men’s and women’s average incomes, even if they do not attach special meaning to a situation in which a wife earns more than her husband.}, keywords = {Heirat; wedding; Partnerwahl; choice of partner; Geschlechtsrolle; gender role; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; gender-specific factors; Simulation; simulation; Ungleichheit; inequality; Einkommensverteilung; income distribution; Einkommensverhältnisse; income situation; Rollenverständnis; role conception}}