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Title: THE EFFECTS OF ENDOGAMOUS MARRIAGE ON FAMILY OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM EXOGENOUS VARIATION IN IMMIGRANT FLOWS DURING 1900-1930 IN THE UNITED STATES

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: Positive assortative matching in terms of traits like ethnicity, race and per- sonality has been prevalent in marital formation. One possible explanation for this is that husbands and wives in endogamous marriages have complementary skills and tastes that in- crease marital surplus. This paper aims to estimate the e?ects of ethnic assortative matching on a variety of household outcomes by using the exogenous variation in immigrant ?ows in the United States during the period 1900-1930 to disentangle the selection e?ect of part- ners. The major ?nding is that the complementarities in home production from same ethnic marriage enhances investment in household public goods such as childrearing and home own- ership and reduces the market labor supply of wives. OLS and Logit estimates of this e?ect appear to be substantially biased downward, indicating positive selection into intermarriage in terms of unobservable traits that increase marital surplus.

Url: https://business.wvu.edu/files/d/8040466c-adfe-4b4b-b7f8-51764d1e3455/14-31.pdf

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Authors: Wong, Ho-Po, C

Publisher: West Virginia University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States