Educational Ambition, Marital Sorting, and Inequality.

Autor/inn/en	Almar, Frederik; Friedrich, Benjamin; Reynoso, Ana; Schulz, Bastian; Vejlin, Rune
Titel	Educational Ambition, Marital Sorting, and Inequality. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildungsambitionen, Heiratsauswahl und Ungleichheit.
Quelle	In: Journal of labor economics, (2026) online first, November 25, 2025, 30 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-5307
DOI	10.1086/741083
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Eheschließung; Work-Life-Balance; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsabschluss; Determinante; Einkommenserwartung; Einkommensverteilung; Lebenseinkommen; Berufsgruppe; Berufsverlauf; Qualifikation; Auswahlverfahren; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Ehepartner; Dänemark
Abstract	"This paper revisits the link between education-based marriage market sorting and income inequality. Leveraging Danish administrative data, we develop a novel categorization of "ambition types" that is based on starting wages and wage growth trajectories associated with detailed educational programs. We find a substantial increase in assortative matching by educational ambition over time, and the marriage market explains more than 40% of increasing inequality since 1980. In contrast, sorting trends are flat with the commonly-used educational level categorization. We conclude that the mapping from education to types matters crucially for conclusions about how education-based marriage market sorting contributes to rising income inequality." The study refers to the period 1980-2018 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4