Optimal Weights for Marital Sorting Measures

Frederik Almar () and Bastian Schulz
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Frederik Almar: Aarhus University

No 16368, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Changing distributions of male and female types affect the measurement of educationbased marriage market sorting. We develop a weighting strategy that minimizes the distortion of sorting measures due to changing type distributions. The optimal weights reflect that female type distributions have changed relatively more in recent decades. Based on our weighted measure, we document increasing sorting in Denmark between 1980 and 2018. Alternative measures suggest flat or decreasing trends.

Keywords: educational attainment; homophily; marriage market sorting; positive assortative mating; sorting measures; aggregation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 D10 J11 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2023-08
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 234, 11497

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