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Who Marries Whom? - Educational Systems as Marriage Markets in Modern Societies (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
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Who Marries Whom? - Educational Systems as Marriage Markets in Modern Societies (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
Series: European Studies of Population, 12
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Marriage and social inequality are closely interrelated. Marriage
is dependent on the structure of marriage markets, and marriage
patterns have consequences for social inequality. This book
demonstrates that in most modern societies the educa tional system
has become an increasingly important marriage market, particularly
for those who are highly qualified. Educational expansion in
general and the rising educational participation of women in
particular unintentionally have increased the rate of "assortative
meeting" and assortative mating across birth cohorts. Rising
educational homogamy means that social inequality is further
enhanced through marriage because better (and worse) educated
single men and women pool their economic and sociocultural
advantages (and disadvantages) within couples. In this book we
study the changing role of the educational system as a marriage
market in modern societies from a cross-national comparative
perspective. Using life-history data from a broad range of
industrialized countries and longitudinal statistical models, we
analyze the process of spouse selection in the life courses of
single men and women, step by step. The countries included in this
book vary widely in important characteristics such as demographic
behavior and institutional characteristics. The life course
approach explicitly recognizes the dynamic nature of partner
decisions, the importance of educational roles and institutional
circum stances as young men and women move through their life
paths, and the cumulation of advantages and disadvantages
experienced by individuals."
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