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Immigration and status exchange in Australia and the United States
Choi, Kate H.; Tienda, Marta; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; … - 2011
The claim that marriage is a venue for status exchange of achieved traits, like education, and ascribed attributes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307310
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Technology and the changing family : a unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married female labor-force participation
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - 2015
Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being bigger for non-college educated individuals versus college …. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477882
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The disappearing gender gap : the impact of divorce, wages, and preferences on education choices and women’s work
Fernández, Raquel; Wong, Joyce Cheng - 2011
Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force participation (LFP) averaged 40% between the ages of thirty and forty. The cohort born twenty years later behaved very differently. The education gender gap was eliminated and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516927
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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout this period, despite evidence of convergence, the racial gap in attainment between blacks and whites has been persistently determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523520
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Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde's marriage strategy
Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014
A woman assessing the wealth of a potential husband may observe some, but not all, of his wealth. She may screen, leading to status consumption and wasteful gift giving. The screening activity is costly not only for the potential husband, but also for the woman, as it reduces the wealth of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379931
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Fatter attraction : anthropometric and socioeconomic characteristics in the marriage market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2009
We construct a matching model on the marriage market along more than one characteristic, where individuals have … women assess each other through an index combining these various attributes, so the matching is one-dimensional. We estimate … -- BMI ; height ; wages ; earnings ; marriage market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923577
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Matching with a handicap : the case of smoking in the marriage market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2010
We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … short supply. The model generates clear cut conditions regarding matching patterns. Using CPS data and its Tobacco Use … are satisfied. There are fewer "mixed" couples where the wife smokes than vice-versa, and matching is assortative on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314277
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The value of a green card in the U.S. marriage market : a tale of chain migration?
Bansak, Cynthia; Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2023
card. We examine the effect of those policy changes on Chinese immigrants' marriage market outcomes relative to other East … spousal chain migration occurred. We also find that highly educated Chinese immigrants benefited in the marriage market in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540584
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The formation of prosociality : causal evidence on the role of social environment
Kosse, Fabian; Deckers, Thomas; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2016
This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of prosociality. In a first step, we show that socio-economic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers’ prosocial attitudes are systematically related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455853
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The economic value of virtue
Mariani, Fabio - 2010
Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … differences, social status and stratification, and overall economic development. -- Mating ; marriage ; cultural values ; social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952848