College as a Marriage Market. Working Paper 28688

Autor/inn/en	Kirkebøen, Lars; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	College as a Marriage Market. Working Paper 28688
Quelle	(2021) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Attraction; Marriage; College Programs; School Choice; College Role; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Relationship; Intellectual Disciplines; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Anziehung; Ehe; Studienprogramm; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Ausland; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Geisteswissenschaften; Norwegen
Abstract	Recent descriptive work suggests the type of college education (field or institution) is an important but neglected pathway through which individuals sort into homogeneous marriages. These descriptive studies raise the question of why college graduates are so likely to marry someone within their own institution or field of study. One possible explanation is that individuals match on traits correlated with the choice of education, such as innate ability, tastes or family environment. Another possible explanation is that the choice of college education causally impacts whether and whom one marries, either because of search frictions or preferences for spousal education. The goal of this paper is to sort out these explanations and, by doing so, examine the role of colleges as marriage markets. Using data from Norway to address key identification and measurement challenges, we find that colleges are local marriage markets, mattering greatly for whom one marries, not because of the pre-determined traits of the admitted students but as a direct result of attending a particular institution at a given time. [This report was supported by the Norwegian Research Council.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01