Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased*

Rania Gihleb and Kevin Lang

A chapter in Change at Home, in the Labor Market, and On the Job, 2020, vol. 48, pp 1-26 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Some economists have argued that assortative mating between men and women has increased over the last several decades. Sociologists have argued that educational homogamy has increased. The two are conceptually distinct but often confused. We clarify the relation between the two and, using both the Current Population Surveys and the decennial Censuses/American Community Survey, show that neither conclusion is correct. Both are sensitive to how educational categories are chosen. The former is based on the use of inappropriate statistical techniques.

Keywords: Assortative mating; education; marriage; homogamy; measurement; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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