Educational Homogamy: How Much is Opportunities?

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 2009
Volume: 44
Issue: 4

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Individuals match on length and type of education. We find that around half of the systematic sorting on education is explained by the tendency of individuals to marry someone who went to the same educational institution or to an institution near them. This may be due to low search frictions or selection of people with the same preferences into the same institutions. The residual half of the systematic sorting on education is a direct effect of partners’ education, which is potentially explained by complementarities in household production in couples with same education.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:44:y:2009:i4:p1066-1086
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26