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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Econ Rev. 2020 Sep 26;130:103581. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103581

Table 7.

OLS regression of spousal age gap on imbalances in sex ratios

VARIABLES (1)
spousal age gap, abs.		 (2)
age husband > age wife		 (3)
age husband < age wife
Sex ratio (men/women), 1946 −0.986***
(0.260)		 −1.312***
(0.330)		 −0.801***
(0.181)
Constant 5.158***
(0.177)		 8.227***
(0.259)		 3.392***
(0.171)
Observations 57,276 46,696 7,580
R-squared 0.023 0.049 0.037

Standard errors are clustered on the state of residence level

***

p<0.01

**

p<0.05

*

p<0.1.

OLS regressions on age differences between husband and wife; age differences if husband is older than wife; age differences if husband is younger than wife. Controls: 5-year birth cohort fixed effects, state of residence fixed effects, wife’s and husband’s education, household income. The sample consists of women in their first marriage. First marriage means that women that are separated/divorced or widowed are excluded. The analysis is based on the 1% sample of the German Census 1970.