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Searching on campus? The marriage market effects of changing student sex ratios
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Abstract This paper studies how secular changes in the student sex ratio affect marriage market outcomes for university graduates. Using data from Germany, I find that a higher own-gender share within the field of study reduces marriage market opportunities for women, while the opposite is true for men. More... view more
This paper studies how secular changes in the student sex ratio affect marriage market outcomes for university graduates. Using data from Germany, I find that a higher own-gender share within the field of study reduces marriage market opportunities for women, while the opposite is true for men. Moreover, an imbalanced student sex ratio changes the composition of couples. For women, a higher female share decreases the probability of having a spouse from the same field, while men are more likely to marry down with respect to educational status when the male share is high. These findings suggest that the secular changes in the sex ratio of university students have important implications beyond the labor market by affecting the household composition among the high-skilled population.... view less
Keywords
wedding; university; Federal Republic of Germany; sex ratio; choice of partner; partner relationship; gender-specific factors; graduate
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
University Education
Free Keywords
Marriage markets; Higher education; German microcensus 2003-2011
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1175-1207
Journal
Review of Economics of the Household, 19 (2021) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-021-09565-8
ISSN
1573-7152
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed