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Migration for Marriage

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  • Shadi Farahzadi

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The impact of policies restricting marriage migration depends on whether it is driven by preferences to marry within one's group (endogamy preferences) or gains from residency in a developed country (outside market value). I develop a novel marriage matching model incorporating the choice to marry from one's origin country. I focus on British Muslims, since half of them marry someone from their origin country. I find that 80% of Muslim marriage migration is explained by endogamy preferences. Therefore, raising the costs of marriage migration does not increase their integration through intermarriage; instead, it leads to a larger share of unmarried Muslims.

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  • Shadi Farahzadi, 2026. "Migration for Marriage," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 26027, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
    • Handle: RePEc:crm:wpaper:26027
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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