Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279066 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16368
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Changing distributions of male and female types affect the measurement of educationbased marriage market sorting. We develop a weighting strategy that minimizes the distortion of sorting measures due to changing type distributions. The optimal weights reflect that female type distributions have changed relatively more in recent decades. Based on our weighted measure, we document increasing sorting in Denmark between 1980 and 2018. Alternative measures suggest flat or decreasing trends.
Subjects: 
positive assortative mating
marriage market sorting
homophily
educational attainment
sorting measures
aggregation
JEL: 
C43
D10
J11
J12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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