Educational assortative mating and income inequality in Thailand

Sasiwimon Paweenawat and Lusi Liao
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Lusi Liao: Institute of Strategy Research for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2023, vol. 89, issue 2, 283-298

Abstract: This study examines the degree of educational assortative mating, its evolution, and its relationship with income inequality in Thailand using national labor force survey data from 1985 to 2016. Since the 1990s, Thailand shows a trend of decreasing educational homogamy, but there is evidence of continuing educational hypergamy in Thai households. Using the semiparametric decomposition method of DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996), the study finds that educational assortative mating has affected changes in household income inequality over time. Furthermore, there exists a negative relationship between income inequality and marital sorting with same education, which contradicts evidence found in developed countries.

Keywords: Educational assortive mating; Income inequality; Thailand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I24 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-06-01
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Journal Article: Educational assortative mating and income inequality in Thailand (2023)
Working Paper: Educational Assortative Mating and Income Inequality in Thailand (2018)
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