Sökning: "Educational Homogamy"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Educational Homogamy.

  1. 1. An Economic Proposition? Educational Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in Sweden, 2000-2010

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Författare :Simon Helperin; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Assortative mating; homogamy; earnings inequality; salary; economic inequality; decomposition; counterfactual analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Educational assortative mating and earnings inequality has both increased in both Europe and the United States in the last decades. As a result, educational assortative mating, or educational homogamy, has been suggested as a potential explanation for the increase in earnings inequality. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Education, Marriage Squeeze and First Marriage Formation: Evidence from Modern China

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Fangjie Cai; [2019]
    Nyckelord :China; First Marriage; Education; Educational Homogamy; Marriage Squeeze;

    Sammanfattning : This article studies the effects of educational attainment and the gender ratio of the population within the same educational category on marriage formation in the context of modern China. The empirical analysis is based on macro data from the China statistical yearbook and micro data from the Chinese General Social Survey. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The impact of parental education on the earnings of second generation immigrant women in Sweden

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Kirti John; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Second generation immigrant women; earnings; parental education; educational homogamy; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Second generation immigrant women face an earnings disadvantage in the labor market in Sweden. The socioeconomic position of the parents has been shown to matter more than ethnicity. This study examines the effect of the immigrant parents’ education, as a measure for socioeconomic status, on their daughter’s earnings. LÄS MER