Structural opportunities or assortative mating? - Decomposing trends and country differences in educational sorting outcomes in marriages.

Autor/inn/en	Leesch, Julia; Katrnák, Tomás; Skopek, Jan
Titel	Structural opportunities or assortative mating? - Decomposing trends and country differences in educational sorting outcomes in marriages. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Strukturelle Chancen oder assortative Paarung? - Aufschlüsselung von Trends und Länderunterschieden bei der Bildungssortierung in Ehen.
Quelle	In: European societies, 26 (2024) 4, S. 1137-1169 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-8307
DOI	10.1080/14616696.2023.2290238
Schlagwörter	Bildungsexpansion; Bildungsniveau; Kultureinfluss; Ehefrau; Ehemann; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsmerkmal; Qualifikationsstruktur; Hochschulbildung; Bologna-Prozess; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswahlverfahren; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Ehepaar; Ehepartner; Italien; Schweden; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	"This study examines within- and cross-country trends and differences in marital sorting by education in Europe. Unlike previous research on assortative mating, our study focuses on the outcomes of the partner search process. We investigate how variations in (a) structural opportunities (educational composition of potential partners) and (b) assortative mating (non-random matching by education) have shaped trends and differences in educational sorting outcomes. Using vital statistics data on all marriages contracted from 2000 to 2020 in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Italy, we decompose trends and differences in educational sorting outcomes into these two components. Within countries, trends in educational homogamy and hypogamy have been stable or increasing while hypergamy has declined. However, the drivers of these trends varied across countries. For example, in Sweden, shifts in assortative mating and structural opportunities led to more marriages between equally educated spouses, while in Italy, the rise in homogamy stems solely from changes in assortative mating. Within each year, homogamy and heterogamy levels varied between countries. Our findings demonstrate that these cross-country differences can be primarily attributed to variations in assortative mating rather than in opportunity structures. This study adds to recent research studying the structural causes of trends in sorting outcomes." The study refers to the period 2000-2020 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/2