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A Reconsideration of the Fatherhood Premium: Marriage, Coresidence, Biology, and Fathers’ Wages. Alexandra Killewalda, February 2013, Paper. "Past research that asserts a fatherhood wage premium often ignores the heterogeneity of fathering contexts. I expect fatherhood to produce wage gains for men if it prompts them to alter their behavior in ways that increase labor-market productivity. Identity theory predicts a larger productivity-based fatherhood premium when ties of biology, coresidence with the child, and marriage to the child’s mother reinforce one another, making fatherhood, and the role of financial provider in particular, salient, high in commitment, and clear..." Link