Marrying Up: The Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching

被引：167

作者：

Abramitzky, Ran ^{[1
]}

Delavande, Adeline ^{[2
,3
]}

Vasconcelos, Luis ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Econ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] Univ Nova Lisboa, Nova Sch Business & Econ, P-1099032 Lisbon, Portugal

[3] RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA 90406 USA

[4] Univ Nova Lisboa, Nova Sch Business & Econ, P-1099032 Lisbon, Portugal

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2011年 / 3卷 / 03期

关键词：

MARRIAGE MARKET; SOCIAL-CLASS; HOMOGAMY; 19TH-CENTURY; SOCIETY; MIGRATION; ENDOGAMY; TOWN;

D O I：

10.1257/app.3.3.124

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

020101 [政治经济学];

摘要：

We assemble a novel dataset to study the impact of male scarcity on marital assortative matching and other marriage market outcomes using the large shock that WWI caused to the number of French men. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that postwar in regions with higher mortality rates: men were less likely to marry women of lower social classes; men were more likely and women less likely to marry; out-of-wedlock births increased; divorce rates decreased; and the age gap decreased. These findings are consistent with men improving their position in the marriage market as they become scarcer. (JEL J12, J16, N34)

引用

页码：124 / 157

页数：34

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