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Title: May-December or Maine-Delaware? Sex Ratios and U.S. Marriage Markets in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: Until recently, few credible estimates existed of the causal effects of sex ratio imbalances. Fluctuations in birth rates over time, in conjunction with the observation that women generally marry slightly older men, provide a plausibly exogenous source of variation. Using this, I investigate the effects of sex ratio fluctuations on basic marriage market outcomes in the U.S. over recent decades. Although I find little evidence that this variation affects the likelihood or timing of marriage, I find that it is related to the attributes of the spouse to whom one is currently married.

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Authors: Lavaty, Rosemarie

Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara

Department: Economics

Advisor: Peter Kuhn

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Santa barbara, CA

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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