scholarly journals Do the formative aspects of education really matter for educational assortative mating? Cues from a natural experiment (ACCEPTED in RSSM)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linus Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
Marriage Markets ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Matching Hypothesis ◽  
Secondary Track

Individuals tend to partner with people of a similar educational level as themselves. According to the matching hypothesis, exposure to education leads to similarity in taste and values, causing educationally similar partners form unions. In this study, I ask if such formative content of education matters for educational homogamy, net of other forces. Evaluating this claim is often difficult because educational level also increases earnings prospects and because marriage markets are structured by educational level - aspects which also lead to educational homogamy. I approach this issue using a semi-experimental design that tentatively holds constant marriage markets and human capital related to education. Using a national reform, I compare the educational assortative mating of upper secondary vocational students who studied under a theoretical curriculum to that of vocational students not exposed to a theoretical curriculum. The reform provides variability in formative education. Yet, it induces no variation in competitive earnings and marriage markets, as students obtain comparable earnings within the same standard upper secondary track. Therefore, effects may be attributed to matching on the formative content of the added theoretical curriculum. Before and after adjusting for selection, I find no effect of an added theoretical curriculum on partnering. The results are discussed in terms of the ambiguity of formative education as an explanation for educational assortative mating.

Opportunities and Constraints of the Partner Market and Educational Assortative Mating

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2098449
Author(s):  
Johannes Stauder ◽  
Tom Kossow
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Market Density ◽  
Partner Market

This study aims to determine to what extent the opportunities and restrictions of the partner market influence educational assortative mating. It also analyzes the interplay between the opportunity structure and preferences. Matching district-based partner market indicators to heterosexual couples when they move in together based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find strong effects of the opportunity structure on educational homogamy. The results further imply that the density of the supply of potential partners is more important for educational assortative mating than imbalanced supply and competition. While the impact of partner market imbalances on assortative mating is a mere effect of the opportunity structure, the effects of the partner market density of relevant and available partners in space weakly imply that homophile and maximization preferences are simultaneously at work.

HIGHER MALE EDUCATIONAL HYPERGAMY: EVIDENCE FROM PORTUGAL

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAMILTON R. CORREIA
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Large Representative

Studies of human mate choice have been based almost exclusively on stated preferences and personal advertisements, and the external validity of such studies has therefore been questioned. In the present study, reallife matings based on a large representative sample of newly wed couples in 1998 (n=66,598) were analysed according to educational assortative mating. The results demonstrate a strong educational homogamy in this national Portuguese sample. However, men tend to marry women who are slightly more educated than themselves. The results are compared with those of a modern society (US, 1940–87) and a traditional society (Kipsigis, 1952–91). Since educational attainment is strongly associated with social status and intelligence, these results are discussed in an evolutionary perspective.

scholarly journals Educational Assortative Mating and Health: A Study in Chinese Internal Migrants

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1375
Author(s):  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Xiaodong Tan
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
Internal Migrants ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Equality Of Educational Opportunities ◽  
Marital Education ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Previous studies have shown that marriage is related with people’s health. Based on data from the Volume A of China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS_A) in 2017 (N = 127,829), this study attempted to document the degree of educational assortative mating in Chinese internal migrants, as well as how it evolves over time, and further analyze the relationship between educational assortative mating and people’s self-rated health (SRH). The results indicated that the proportion of educational homogamy kept increasing and gradient marriage kept decreasing over time both in male and female. “Educational homogamy” (58.8%) and “male more educated” (27.2%) were still the main marital education matching patterns in first-married couples of Chinese internal migrants. Educational homogamy was beneficial to promote people’s SRH and educational hypogamy would impair their SRH, and the negative effects of educational hypogamy on SRH was stronger in female than in male. The gender equality of educational opportunities increases the degree of educational assortative mating in Chinese internal migrants. Educational attainment is playing a more and more important role in “love” marriages. “Likes attract likes” is not just about love, but also an important part of health.

Educational assortative mating, gender equality, and income differentiation across Europe: A simulation study

2019 ◽  
pp. 000169931987792
Author(s):  
Mieke CW Eeckhaut ◽  
Maria A Stanfors
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

Demographic explanations for the rise in household income inequality include increased educational assortative mating and changes in the division of paid labour within families. Building on this research, the current study focuses on the connected nature of these two inequality-producing mechanisms, while at the same time bridging the divide with the economic literature on the role of income differentiation. Drawing on the 2004–2008 European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, we consider variation across Europe in the disequalising effect of educational assortative mating and relate these patterns to the general characteristics of welfare state regimes, focusing on the degree of gender equality and income differentiation. First, we document large educational differentials in men’s and women’s income in Eastern Europe, and smaller differentials in Anglo-Saxon, Continental and, especially, Northern Europe. Next, we find that this variation in gender equality and income differentiation parallels variation in the potential contribution of educational assortative mating to educational differentiation in household income. While all countries display larger educational differentials in household income under the scenario of 100% educational homogamy, the biggest differences are found in Eastern Europe, and the smallest differences in the Nordic countries. These results suggest that educational assortative mating is less disequalising in countries with more gender equality and support for equal opportunities.

scholarly journals Educational assortative mating – a micro-educational approach

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan B. Andrade ◽  
Jens-Peter Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Returns To Education ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
College And University ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
The University

This article presents a new way of analysing educational assortative mating patterns, using a detailed ‘micro‐educational’ classification capturing both hierarchical and horizontal forms of educational differentiation. Taking advantage of rich Danish population data, we apply log‐linear models that include four ways of measuring educational homogamy patterns: (a) by returns to education, (b) by macro‐education (five aggregated levels), (c) by field of study (16 categories), and (d) by a disaggregated micro‐educational classification, combining levels and fields of study (54 groups). Our results show declines in educational homogamy from 1984 to 2013, but the odds ratios of being educationally homogamous at the university college and university levels remain of substantial magnitude, by both the macro‐ and micro‐educational measures. The micro‐educational classification outperforms all other measures in explaining the associations in the homogamy tables. The income measure (‘returns to education’) does a particularly poor job of explaining homogamy patterns from 1984 to 2013.

scholarly journals Explaining Declining Trends in Educational Homogamy: The Role of Institutional Changes in Higher Education in Japan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumiya Uchikoshi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Educational Homogamy ◽  
Institutional Selectivity ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating ◽  
Multiplicative Models

Research on educational assortative mating has devoted much attention to educational expansion but has been less focused on a concurrent trend of importance – growing differentiation among higher education institutions. This study proposes that the bifurcation between high- and low-tier institutions in the context of high participation in tertiary education may help us understand the mixed evidence on educational homogamy trends across countries. I focus on Japan, which is characterized by a clear and widely acknowledged hierarchy of institutional selectivity, as an interesting case study. By applying log-linear and log-multiplicative models to data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers and the Keio Household Panel Study, I find the following results. First, the odds of homogamy are higher among graduates of selective (national/public) universities than among graduates of nonselective (private) universities. Second, homogamy trends among graduates of selective and nonselective universities have diverged in recent years. I discuss these diverging trends, which have been obscured in earlier studies, provide new insights into the role of educational assortative mating in the creation of stratification and inequality.

No decline in assortative mating for educational level

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Heath ◽  
K. Berg ◽  
L. J. Eaves ◽  
M. H. Solaas ◽  
J. Sundet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Educational Level

scholarly journals Educational Assortative Mating and Household Income Inequality

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 2795-2835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lasse Eika ◽  
Magne Mogstad ◽  
Basit Zafar
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Educational Assortative Mating

scholarly journals Vietnamese Students’ Perception and Loyalty towards an Image of Vocational Education and Training

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-238
Author(s):  
Vi Hoang Dang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
And Training

Stakeholders’ perceptions towards a career in vocational education and training (VET) in Vietnam negate the country’s industrial development plan. During the last 15 years, the Vietnamese Governments investment in to the sector increased annually. However, parents and their children still pursue the goal of higher education via the mainstream rather than a career path way using the vocational education and training system. Although stereotypical views of vocational students are being challenged, Confucian ideology maintains some influence over stakeholders’ educational decisions leading to the sustained popularity of higher education. This study explores the perceptions of students on the image of and their loyalty towards vocational education and training. A sample of 300 lower secondary school, 300 upper secondary school, and 300 vocational students was drawn from across the Northern and Southern regions of Vietnam. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data and mean analysis conducted to explore the data. The findings indicate that agreement with statements about facilities and equipment, teacher’s ability, curriculum, and soft skills are the clearest indicators of enhanced perceptions about the image of vocational education and training. Encouragement from parents appears most influential to positively affecting lower secondary students’ loyalty. Unexpected was that vocational students had less interesting continuing in vocational education and training compared to lower and upper secondary school students inclination towards a career in VET. First-hand experience seemingly leads to diminished perceptions and loyalty towards vocational education.

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