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Testing Assortative Mating: Evidence From Argentina

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  • Maria Florencia Gabrielli

    (CONICET-UNCuyo)

  • Monserrat Serio

    (CONICET-UNCuyo)

Abstract

In this paper we test the positive "assortative" mating (PAM) hypothesis that posits that marriages can be positively sorted along the couple's education using Argentinian data. Using a regression approach, we find that the effect of husband's education on wife's education is positive and significant. Then, we empirically verify if the observed matching distribution is super-modular, i.e., the local log odds ratios of education are all positive. We conclude that the data (weakly) supports Becker's positive assortative mating hypothesis in Argentina. The model that best describes marriage formation is more consistent with preference for own type rather than with PAM.

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  • Maria Florencia Gabrielli & Monserrat Serio, 2017. "Testing Assortative Mating: Evidence From Argentina," Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business, vol. 32(2), pages 109-129, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ila:anaeco:v:32:y:2017:i:2:p:109-129
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    1. Mariano Tommasi & María Edo & Agustina Thailinger, 2021. "Familia y desarrollo humano en el siglo XXI. Revisión de la literatura internacional y algunos apuntes para el caso argentino," Working Papers 152, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia, revised May 2021.

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    Keywords

    Marriage; assortative mating; education; log-odds ratios;
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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