TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Some economists have argued that assortative mating between men and women has increased over the last several decades. Sociologists have argued that educational homogamy has increased. The two are conceptually distinct but often confused. We clarify the relation between the two and, using both the Current Population Surveys and the decennial Censuses/American Community Survey, show that neither conclusion is correct. Both are sensitive to how educational categories are chosen. The former is based on the use of inappropriate statistical techniques.
VL  - 48
SN  - 978-1-83909-933-5, 978-1-83909-932-8/0147-9121
DO  - 10.1108/S0147-912120200000048001
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-912120200000048001
AU  - Gihleb Rania
AU  - Lang Kevin
ED  - Solomon W. Polachek
ED  - Konstantinos Tatsiramos
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased*
T2  - Change at Home, in the Labor Market, and On the Job
T3  - Research in Labor Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 26
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -