Previous research has suggested that a new marriage gradient has emerged in the United States, with marriage becoming … in the marriage gradient among 25 European countries, using multilevel models. The focus is on the chances of living in a … married. For men, the educational effect on marriage is absent in traditional countries but becomes positive as gender roles …

the degree to which spouses sort in the marriage market on the basis of parental wealth. We estimate a variety of models … in log wealth between own and spouse's parents wealth is around 0.4. We show that education accounts for only one …-quarter of this sorting, and also show that selection into and out marriage by parental wealth does not appreciably bias our …