Educational Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 808-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Breen ◽  
Leire Salazar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
The United States ◽  
Earnings Inequality ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating

scholarly journals Educational assortative mating in the United States and the effect on income inequality by household from 1960 to 2005

SURG Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Kathryn Swierzewski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Mating Market ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
The U.S

This study examines the effect assortative mating by education has on income inequality by household. In contrast to the majority of other literature in this field which focus on the United States (U.S.) as a whole, this study makes use of state-level data to examine the marriage mating market with respect to education attainment. It also examines how homogamous partnerships increase income inequality across households by analyzing changes in the Gini coefficient over time. Panel data for this analysis is from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS-International and IPUMS-USA) from the U.S. Census of the Population. Assortative mating by education is shown in this analysis to be a contributing factor to increasing inequality among homogamous heterosexual partnerships in the U.S. from 1960 to 2005. Keywords: assortative mating; education level; United States (state-level, from 1960-2005); income inequality (household); labour economics; welfare economics

scholarly journals Where Are You From? Assortative Mating by Place of Origin in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAO-CHUN CHENG
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Marriage Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
And Gender

Previous studies showed that assortative mating occurred based on different social dimensions, such as age, education, and race or ethnicity. However, these studies ignored the potential impact of place of origin on people’s place identity and habitus and their associations with assortative mating in the United States. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), in conjunction with the Current Population Survey (CPS), this study finds a clear pattern of assortative mating based on place of origin. Moreover, the results suggest that there are regional differences in assortative mating by place of origin, especially for women. Also, the length of residence shapes people’s habitus and thus the pattern of homogeneous matching by place of origin. The significant effects of race or ethnicity and the conditions of the marriage market before marriage vary by scale of place and gender. These findings suggest that place of origin is another dimension of assortative mating.

Assortative Mating among Married New Legal Immigrants to the United States: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermina Jasso ◽  
Douglas S. Massey ◽  
Mark R. Rosenzweig ◽  
James P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Immigrants ◽  
New Immigrant
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