Trends in educational assortative marriage from 1940 to 2003

By Christine R Schwartz, R. Mare. Demography, 2005

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Income Inequality and Income Segregation1 (2011, background): “Sociologists have investigated factors relating to changes in family structure, marital homogamy, and female labor force participation (Gottschalk and Danziger 2005; Schwartz and Mare 2005; Western, Bloome, and Percheski 2008).”
Network Effects and Social Inequality (2012, background): “Socioeconomic and racial homophily have also been observed in marital choice (Rosenfeld 2008, Schwartz & Mare 2005).”
Educational Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in the United States1 (2011, methodology): “Sociologists have argued that increasing educational homogamy or, more generally, increased educational assortative mating (Schwartz and Mare 2005; Blossfeld 2009) may lead to greater inequality:2 “Since education is the most important determinant of occupational success . . . an increase in the…”
Personality and marital surplus (2012, background): “…into and out of marriage and of assortative mating have focused on individual characteristics that are readily available on large samples, such as education, race and ethnicity, and family background (Schwartz and Mare, 2005; Furtado and Theodoropoulos, 2011; Chiswick and Houseworth, 2011).”
Partner Choice, Investment in Children, and the Marital College Premium (2017, background): “1This view is supported by a recent sociological literature concluding that homogamy has increased in the US and several other countries (see for instance Schwartz and Mare, 2005). Burtless (1999) argues that this evolution complements the increase in the labor market college premium in explaining i”
The Widening Income Achievement Gap. (2013, background): “Children in highincome families are increasingly likely to be raised by two parents, both with college degrees, whereas lowincome children are more likely than ever to be raised by a single mother with a low level of education (McLanahan, 2004; Schwartz & Mare, 2005).”
Equalization or Selection? Reassessing the “Meritocratic Power” of a College Degree in Intergenerational Income Mobility (2019, background): “…individuals are more likely than less-educated people to marry, remain married, and have college-educated spouses (DiPrete and Buchmann 2013; Schwartz and Mare 2005), and the effects of college in the marriage market are largest among graduates from the most advantaged origins (Musick,…”