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Title: A STUDY OF MAJOR IMPACT ASSORTATIVE MATING AMONG U.S. COLLEGE GRADUATES

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: We use American Community Survey public use micro data to document the significant extent of assortative mating among US college graduates by college major group. We also show that this sorting process increases income dispersion, since high-income majors tend to marry each other, as do low-income majors.

Url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326960112_A_STUDY_OF_MAJOR_IMPACT_Assortative_Mating_Among_US_College_Graduates

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Authors: Sullivan, Dennis H; Seiver, Daniel

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage

Countries: United States