Studying Ethnic Endogamy in Croatia with a Suitable Indicator of Homophily

Anna Naszodi

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Abstract: In this paper, we study the patterns of ethnic endogamy in Croatia in relation to six ethnic groups between 1970 and 2015. We find that, over the 45-year period analyzed, the segmentation of the Croatian marriage market was weaker between Czechs and non-Czechs, Hungarians and non-Hungarians, Italians and non-Italians, and Slovaks and non-Slovaks than between Serbs and non-Serbs or Croats and non-Croats. This finding is substantiated by survey evidence revealing similar patterns on relative social distances between different ethnic groups in Croatia and Serbia. From a methodological perspective, we show that a plausible ranking of the degree of segmentation of the Croatian marriage market along ethnic lines can be obtained only when marital sorting is characterized by a carefully selected indicator. While a recently reinvented indicator captures sensible patterns of ethnic endogamy, the commonly applied odds-ratio fails to produce results consistent with survey evidence. AI generated video summary of the paper: https://idil.li/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/A_Tale_of_Two_Numbers2.mp4

Date: 2026-06
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