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Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data

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Frimmel, Wolfgang () (University of Linz)
Halla, Martin () (University of Linz)
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf () (University of Linz)

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This paper documents that changes in assortative mating patterns over the last four decades along the dimensions of age, ethnicity and religion are not responsible for the increasing marital stability in Austria. Quite the contrary, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting supply of spouses with diverse ethnicity and religious denominations had no overall effect on divorce rates. Countervailing effects – in line with theoretical predictions – offset each other. The rise in the incidence in divorce is most probably caused by changing social norms.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 4446.

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Keywords: assortative mating; divorce; marital instability; immigration;

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Find related papers by JEL classification:
J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends and Forecasts
J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
R2 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis

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