Working Late: Do Workplace Sex Ratios Affect Partnership Formation and Dissolution?

Michael Svarer

Journal of Human Resources, 2007, vol. 42, issue 3

Abstract: In this paper, I analyze the association between workplace sex ratios and partnership formation and dissolution. I find that the risk of dissolution increases with the fraction of coworkers of the opposite sex at both the female and male workplace. On the other hand, workplace sex ratios are not important for the overall transition rate from singlehood to partnership. The results suggest that the workplace constitutes a more important marriage market segment for individuals who are already in a partnership, presumably due to higher search cost for (alternative) partners in general.

Date: 2007
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