Marrying up: The role of sex ratio in assortative matching

Abramitzky, R; Delavande, A; Vasconcelos, L

Marrying up: The role of sex ratio in assortative matching

Abramitzky, R Delavande, A

Vasconcelos, L

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Publisher:: AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (3), pp. 124-157
Issue Date:: 2011-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abramitzky, R
dc.contributor.author	Delavande, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8691-6359
dc.contributor.author	Vasconcelos, L
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-21T02:40:30Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-21T02:40:30Z
dc.date.issued	2011-07-01
dc.identifier.citation	American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (3), pp. 124-157
dc.identifier.issn	1945-7782
dc.identifier.issn	1945-7790
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/165319
dc.description.abstract	We assemble a novel dataset to study the impact of male scarcity on marital assortative matching and other marriage market outcomes using the large shock that WWI caused to the number of French men. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that postwar in regions with higher mortality rates: men were less likely to marry women of lower social classes; men were more likely and women less likely to marry; out-of-wedlock births increased; divorce rates decreased; and the age gap decreased. These findings are consistent with men improving their position in the marriage market as they become scarcer.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
dc.relation.ispartof	American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1257/app.3.3.124
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1402 Applied Economics
dc.title	Marrying up: The role of sex ratio in assortative matching
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
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We assemble a novel dataset to study the impact of male scarcity on marital assortative matching and other marriage market outcomes using the large shock that WWI caused to the number of French men. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that postwar in regions with higher mortality rates: men were less likely to marry women of lower social classes; men were more likely and women less likely to marry; out-of-wedlock births increased; divorce rates decreased; and the age gap decreased. These findings are consistent with men improving their position in the marriage market as they become scarcer.

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