Effect of Online Dating on Assortative Mating: Evidence from South Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1120-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soohyung Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Online Dating

scholarly journals Matching and Sorting in Online Dating

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter J Hitsch ◽  
Alı Hortaçsu ◽  
Dan Ariely
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Search Frictions ◽  
Mating Patterns ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
Using Data

Using data on user attributes and interactions from an online dating site, we estimate mate preferences, and use the Gale-Shapley algorithm to predict stable matches. The predicted matches are similar to the actual matches achieved by the dating site, and the actual matches are approximately efficient. Out-of-sample predictions of offline matches, i.e., marriages, exhibit assortative mating patterns similar to those observed in actual marriages. Thus, mate preferences, without resort to search frictions, can generate sorting in marriages. However, we underpredict some of the correlation patterns; search frictions may play a role in explaining the discrepancy. (JEL C78, J12)

scholarly journals Online Exogamy Reconsidered: Estimating the Internet’s Effects on Racial, Educational, Religious, Political and Age Assortative Mating

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The Internet ◽  
College Degree ◽  
Clear Effect ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Unique Dataset

Increases in the rates of interracial and interreligious couples within the U.S. have occurred seemingly in tandem with the rise of the Internet and online dating, but the evidence connecting online sources of romance and couple heterogeneity have been limited and mixed. Using a unique dataset collected in 2009 and again in 2017 on how U.S. couples met, and controlling for the diversity of their local geographies, I find that couples who met online are more likely to be interracial, interreligious, and of different college degree status, but also more similar in age. These differences can vary by where on the Internet couples met, with online dating websites and apps showing a clear effect on increased age assortativity, while other online sources of partners do not. Population-level estimates suggests that only a small part of the recent changes in couple diversity can be directly attributed to couples meeting online, but there is the potential for more Internet-induced change if it becomes the primary source of romantic introductions.

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