Celikaksoy, Aycan () (Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business) Nielsen, Helena Skyt () (University of Aarhus) Verner, Mette () (Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business)
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It is a stylized fact that marriage formation generally involves positive assortative matching
(PAM) on education. We test whether this is also the case for immigrants who tend to import
their spouses and potentially use education as an exchange mechanism. We find that only
women match positively on education. For Turks the results robustly confirm PAM, whereas
for Pakistanis there is no evidence of PAM. For men there is local support to the exchange
hypothesis, since cultural assimilation or conflicts with parents, through less spouse import,
increase the likelihood of marrying a highly educated spouse.
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Paper provided by University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number
03-27.
Length: 30 pages Date of creation: 26 May 2003 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:hhs:aareco:2003_027
Note: Published in Review of Economics of the Household, 4, pp271-293, 2006 Contact details of provider: Postal: The Aarhus School of Business, Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Phone: +45 89 486396 Fax: +45 8615 5175 Web page: http://www.asb.dk/departments/nat.aspx More information through EDIRC
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Gary S. Becker, 1974.
"A Theory of Marriage: Part II,"
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in: Marriage, Family, Human Capital, and Fertility, pages 11-26
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