Local Marriage Markets and the Marital Behavior of Black and White Women

Lichter, Daniel T.; LeClere, Felicia; McLaughlin, Diane K.

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“…On the one hand, studies based on macro-level data have generally found a negative relationship between women's economic characteristics --education and earnings, for instance --and their marriage rates (Coughlin and Drewianka 2011;Cready, Fossett, and Kiecolt 1997;Lichter, leClere, and McLaughlin 1991;McLanahan and Casper 1995;Preston and Richards 1975;White 1981). On the other hand, scholars focusing on individual-level characteristics have shown not only that women's economic prospects are positively related to marriage (Cherlin 1980;Goldscheider and Waite 1986;Lichter, McLaughlin, and Ribar 2002;Oppenheimer and Lew 1995;Thornton, Axinn, and Xie 2007;Waite and Spitze 1981), but also that the importance of women's economic prospects for marriage has increased over time (Lichter, McLaughlin, and Ribar 2002;Goldstein and Kenney 2001;Qian and Preston 1993;Sweeney 2002).…”

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Changes in the Determinants of Marriage Entry in Post-Reform Urban China

2015

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Using national survey data and measures of housing prices, we examine the effects of demographic and socioeconomic determinants of entry into marriage in urban China spanning the past six decades. Our study yields three significant findings. First, the importance of economic prospects has significantly increased during the economic reform era. Second, the positive effect of working in the state-owned sector has substantially weakened. Third, for the most recent period after the housing reform in urban China, the effects of education vary with local housing prices. Specifically, a higher level of education is associated with early entry into marriage when housing prices are relatively high but with late entry into marriage when housing prices are relatively low. Taken together, these results suggest that the determinants of marriage in China should be understood within a broader context of institutional changes.

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Section: Theoretical Issues and Previous Studiesmentioning

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Changes in the Determinants of Marriage Entry in Post-Reform Urban China

2015

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“…The ratio of available men to women in a given region has commonly been used to explain various behaviors in Schoen (1983), Lichter, LeClere & McLaughlin (1991, Fossett & Kiecolt (1991), Fitzgerald (1991), Brien (1997), and Goldman et al (1984). Lichter et al (1992) find a negative relationship between availability ratios and age at first marriage.…”

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Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants: human capital and assortative mating

2010

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. A binomial logistic regression is estimated using data from the 1980 US Census, the last Census where post-migration marriages can be identified. Results show that the probability of intermarriage increases the longer a migrant resides in the U.S. and the younger the age at arrival. Both relationships can be attributable to the accumulation of US-specific human capital and an erosion of ethnic-specific human capital. Inter-ethnic marriages are more likely between individuals with similar education levels, providing evidence of positive assortative mating by education for immigrants. Construction of the availability ratio for potential spouses and group size are unique to this study, providing a more accurate measure of the marriage market by using data from several Censuses. Intermarriage is lower the greater the availability ratio and the larger the size of the group. Linguistic distance indirectly measures the effect of English language ability at arrival and is found to be a significant negative predictor of intermarriage. Those who report multiple ancestries and who were previously married are more likely to intermarry. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: J12, J15, J61, F22

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“…The choice of partner is constrained by the demographic composition of the search area and the type and number of meeting places people frequent (England & Farkas, 1986;Mare, 1991;Blossfeld & Meyer 1988;Dagsvik, 2000;Kalmijn & Flap, 2001). A literature review by Houston and colleagues (2005) shows that the marriage market metaphor is used to study the relative availability of suitable partners at the local (e.g., Ní Bhrolcháin et al, 2002), regional (e.g., Lichter et al,. 1991;Brien, 1997;Farley, 1999;Bratter & Zuberi, 2001), national (Ní Bhrolcháin, 2001Qian & Lichter, 2001;Rosenfeld, 2002), and international scales (e.g., Piper, 1997;Adams & Ghose, 2003).…”

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The Globalisation of Marriage Fields: The Swedish Case

Niedomysl

Östh

Ham

2010

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Marriage fields -the geographical areas where people meet to partnertraditionally tend to be relatively small and local. Increasing international travel and the use of internet have broadened the geographical opportunity structure of potential partners. This increases the risk of meeting a partner from abroad, possibly resulting in an increase of international marriage migration. This paper uses unique longitudinal population data for the whole of Sweden to explore the globalisation of Swedish marriage fields. The results show an increase of marriage migrants in Sweden between 1990 and 2004, although absolute numbers remain relatively low. The paper yields two new insights not previously recorded in the literature. The first is that we found a substantial proportion of all marriage migrants in Sweden to be males while most existing literature on marriage migration focuses almost exclusively on females. The second is that the pattern of geographical origins of marriage migrants is highly gendered with male and female marriage migrants in Sweden originating from different regions in the world. The results suggest that different mechanisms underlie male and female marriage migration.

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Local Marriage Markets and the Marital Behavior of Black and White Women

Cited by 308 publications

References 19 publications

Changes in the Determinants of Marriage Entry in Post-Reform Urban China

Changes in the Determinants of Marriage Entry in Post-Reform Urban China

Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants: human capital and assortative mating

The Globalisation of Marriage Fields: The Swedish Case

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