Returns to Education in Marriage: Evaluating the Value of Marriage in Individual Education Choices

• Project/Area Number: 25K16661
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 07050:Public economics and labor economics-related
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Masson・Makdissi Etienne 一橋大学, 社会科学高等研究院, 特任講師 (10990450)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: Marriage / Family / Education

Outline of Research at the Start

We want to build a framework to analyze the interaction between marriage and education. Our model would allow us to measure the impact of marriage concerns on education decisions. We then illustrate our model by analyzing the education and marriage decisions of Americans from 1960 to now.