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Title: Marriage Markets and the Intermetropolitan Distribution of Skilled Couples

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Costa and Kahn hypothesize that the growing concentration of skilled couples inlarge cities is due to their migration to large cities to solve their dual-employment problem.However, there is only limited empirical evidence in support of this hypothesis. This research testsan alternative hypothesis: The intermetropolitan distribution of skilled couples is largely the resultof marriages among skilled singles in large cities. The relative merits of both the co-location andmarriage market hypotheses are evaluated by comparing the effects of migration and marriageon the intermetropolitan distribution of dual-degree couples using data from the 2008 AmericanCommunity Survey. Migration is found to have little effect on the distribution of dual-degreecouples. Rather, the concentration of dual-degree couples is strongly related to the high rate ofmarriages among single college graduates in the same cities.grow_

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Authors: Cooke, Thomas

Periodical (Full): Growth and Change

Issue: 1

Volume: 42

Pages: 98-120

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage

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