Religious intermarriage in the United States: trends, patterns, and predictors

Sherkat, Darren E.

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.11.001

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“…Empirically, Lehrer (1998) and more recently Sherkat (2004) Given the relationship between religion and ethnic background-Italians tend to be Catholic, Israelis Jewish, and Iranians Muslim-a preference for marrying someone of the same faith may increase the likelihood of marrying a co-ethnic. Empirically examining this hypothesis is difficult because the most often used data sets for studying ethnic intermarriage, at least in the United States, do not contain information on religious background.…”

Section: Preferences For Other Characteristicsmentioning

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Interethnic marriages and their economic effects

Furtado¹,

Trejo²

2013

International Handbook on the Economics of Migration

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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. www.econstor.eu The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. 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 SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. ABSTRACT Interethnic Marriages and their Economic Effects *Immigrants who marry outside of their ethnicity tend to have better economic outcomes than those who marry within ethnicity. It is difficult, however, to interpret this relationship because individuals with stronger preferences for ethnic endogamy are likely to differ in unobserved ways from those with weaker preferences. To clarify some of the complex issues surrounding interethnic marriage and assimilation, this chapter starts by considering the determinants of intermarriage, proceeds with an examination of the economic consequences of intermarriage, and ends with a discussion of the links between intermarriage, ethnic identification, and measurement of long-term socioeconomic integration.JEL Classification: J12, J15, J61

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Section: Preferences For Other Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interethnic marriages and their economic effects

Furtado¹,

Trejo²

2013

International Handbook on the Economics of Migration

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“…It has become clear that religious affiliation affects the likelihood of marriage (Hammond, Cole and Beck 1993;Mosher, Williams and Johnson 1992), the choice of a spouse (Lehrer 1998;Sherkat 2004), marital stability (Lehrer and Chiswick 1993), and the likelihood of divorce (Call and Heaton 1997;Filsinger and Wilson 1984). Catholics have particularly high marriage rates, high rates of marital stability, low divorce rates and exceptionally high rates of homogamy (Lehrer 1998;Sherkat 2004;Sherkat and Ellison 1999), and these patterns are likely to facilitate wealth accumulation. Marriage increases wealth because two individuals combine their assets when they create a single household.…”

Section: Marriage and Moneymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When those values favor saving as they do for Catholics, agreement can increase saving and wealth. Homogamy also reduces the likelihood of divorce for Catholics, contributing to even greater wealth (Curtis and Ellison 2002;Lehrer 1998;Sherkat 2004). Divorce tends to reduce wealth because assets are divided, couples maintain two households, and there may be direct costs such as legal fees associated with divorce.…”

Section: Marriage and Moneymentioning

confidence: 99%

Upward Wealth Mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic Advantage

Keister

2007

Social Forces

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“…According to Sherkat, endogamy might be more attractive for people who have been uprooted. 16 They feel strangers in their place of destination and try to compensate for this by seeking friends and a partner who will make them feel at home. This is likely to be someone with the same social origins as themselves.…”

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Migration and Endogamy According to Social Class: France, 1803–1986

Pélissier¹,

Rébaudo²,

Leeuwen³

et al. 2005

Int Rev of Soc His

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Migration and Endogamy According to Social Class:France, 1803-1986 Ã J e a n -P i e r r e P é l i s s i e r , D a n i è l e R é b a u d o , M a r c o H . D . v a n L e e u w e n , a n d I n e k e M a a s Summary: Does intra-national migration matter for partner choice? A number of conflicting hypotheses on the effects of migration on the likelihood of endogamy according to social class of origin are formulated and tested on the French historical record over the past two centuries. We conclude that migrants were less likely to marry endogamously, especially if they migrated from rural villages to cities; this is explained mainly by the fact that they thereby escaped the social pressure of their parents and peers and met more people from different social backgrounds. Contrary to what we expected, the relationships between migration characteristics and endogamy changed hardly at all over the two centuries. We also investigated whether temporal differences in endogamy could be explained partly by changes in migration patterns. We found that they could. The increase in the number of men and women living in or moving to cities was one particularly important cause of the decreasing likelihood of endogamy. Finally, we were interested in the possible bias in regional studies on endogamy. Our results show that this bias is especially large if these regions include only rural areas or cities. This is because the likelihood of endogamy differs between rural areas and cities, and is also especially low for people who move between these two types of region. I N T R O D U C T I O NDuring young adulthood, finding an attractive partner is one of the main aims of life. People go to great lengths to fulfil this aim. Some ''try out'' several partnerships before they settle, others search for a long time until they find their true love. Some marry their neighbour's son or daughter, with whom they played as a child; others migrate and meet someone in their new place of residence who finally becomes their partner. It is this

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Religious intermarriage in the United States: trends, patterns, and predictors

Cited by 115 publications

References 61 publications

Interethnic marriages and their economic effects

Interethnic marriages and their economic effects

Upward Wealth Mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic Advantage

Migration and Endogamy According to Social Class: France, 1803–1986

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