Assortative mating fundamentally shapes the characteristics of families and the reproduction
of populations. It organizes people into families and determines the characteristics of …

Most studies of assortative marriage still rely on cross-sectional data and apply log-linear
modeling of the contingency table of wives' and husbands' educational levels. However …

This paper reports trends in educational assortative marriage from 1940 to 2003 in the
United States. Analyses of census and Current Population Survey data show that …

We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have
we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt …

While in the past men received more education than women, the gender gap in education
has turned around: in recent years, more highly educated women than highly educated men …

This article explores the relationship between economic potential and rates of entry into
marriage and cohabitation. Using data from the 1990 census and the 1980–1992 High …

Given recent changes in the labor force participation and economic standing of women, we
ask whether a woman's position in the labor market has become a more important …

This article examines comparative patterns of educational and racial assortative mating or
homogamy among married and cohabiting couples and evaluates whether women and men …

In Japan, unlike in most other industrialized societies, the decline in marriage rates has
been most pronounced among highly educated women. Theoretical interpretations of this …

Current US government policy views marriage as an economic panacea for disadvantaged
unwed mothers. In this article, we use retrospective family life history data from the 1995 …