CHICAGO - University of Chicago Department of Economics

GUSTAF BRUZE
5330 S. Blackstone Avenue gustaf@uchicago.edu
Chicago, IL 60615 Home phone: (773) 752 2578
NATIONALITY
Swedish
EDUCATION Ph.D. Economics University of Chicago Expected June 2009
B. Sc. Mathematics Stockholm University 2001
M. Sc. Economics Stockholm School of Economics 2000
FIELDS Primary: Labor / Human Capital
Secondary: Growth, Development
JOB MARKET
PAPER
“Schooling, Marriage, and Male and Female Consumption”
A marriage matching model is estimated to quantify the share of returns to
education that is realized through marriage. In the model, more educated agents
earn higher wages in the labor market, and are more productive in housework.
Men and women who marry benefit from the presence of household public goods,
complementarities in household production, and the division of labor between
spouses. The predictions of the model are matched with 1980 census data on
sorting in marriage, and data on the allocation of time from a time use study.
Counterfactual analysis for men and women, suggests that better marital
outcomes generate 65 percent of the return to education for women around middle
age and 20 percent of the corresponding return for men.
OTHER PAPERS “What Causes Positive Sorting on Education in Marriage? Evidence from a Social
Experiment”
TEACHING TA, Undergraduate Macroeconomics Chad Syverson 2003
EXPERIENCE TA, Undergraduate Microeconomics Omar Al-Ubaydli 2004
TA, Undergraduate Microeconomics Vicor Lima 2006
TA, American Economic History David Galenson 2004-07
REFERENCES Casey Mulligan (joint chairman) (773) 702 9017 c-mulligan@uchicago.edu
Ali Hortaçsu (joint chairman) (773) 702 5841 hortacsu@uchicago.edu
Jeremy Fox
(773) 702 4862 fox@uchicago.edu