Table 7.
Effect of Spouse’s Occupational Mobility on Own Earnings, Super Power Couples
| Couple Type | β2 Estimate |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Full Full Sample | No Child Younger Than 18 | Child Younger Than 18 | |
| Super Power Couple | |||
| Husband | −0.157 (0.097) | −0.197 (0.129) | −0.114 (0.111) |
| Wife | −1.16*** (0.167) | −0.753*** (0.148) | −1.40*** (0.193) |
| N | 32,368 | 12,303 | 20,065 |
| Husband Only Advanced Degree | |||
| Husband | 0.206 (0.149) | 0.169 (0.232) | 0.266 (0.183) |
| Wife | −1.36*** (0.207) | −0.597*** (0.157) | −1.78*** (0.237) |
| N | 30,791 | 11,294 | 19,497 |
| Wife Only Advanced Degree | |||
| Husband | 0.036 (0.105) | 0.089 (0.105) | 0.030 (0.142) |
| Wife | −0.408* (0.174) | −0.212 (0.166) | −0.581** (0.216) |
| N | 25,151 | 10,275 | 14,876 |
Notes: The sample is restricted to the dual-earner power couples used in the first row of Table 6. Super power couples are those in which both members have an advanced degree (master’s, professional, or doctorate). The model is the same earnings regression estimated in Table 6. Standard errors, shown in parentheses, are clustered by spouse’s occupation-education group.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001