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Title: Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2020
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ISSN: 01479121
DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120200000048001
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Abstract: Some economists have argued that assortative mating between men and women has increased over the last several decades. Sociologists have argued that educational homogamy has increased. The two are conceptually distinct but often confused. We clarify the relation between the two and, using both the Current Population Surveys and the decennial Censuses/American Community Survey, show that neither conclusion is correct. Both are sensitive to how educational categories are chosen. The former is based on the use of inappropriate statistical techniques.
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Authors: Gihleb, Rania; Lang, Kevin
Periodical (Full): Research in Labor Economics
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Pages: 1-37
Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS
Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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