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Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating [PDF]

open access: yes
We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the extent of intergenerational economic mobility in a framework that highlights the role played by assortative mating.
John Ermisch   +2 more
core  

Trends in Assortative Mating and Offspring Outcomes

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2018
We study assortative mating of Norwegian parents over five decades and its consequences for offspring outcomes. Parents are characterized by the earnings decile of their parents (the offspring's grandparents) as an indicator of social class.
B. Bratsberg   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bisexual releases are as effective as male‐only releases to control Drosophila suzukii with the sterile insect technique

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Bisexual releases are as effective as male‐only releases to control Drosophila suzukii with the sterile insect technique. Releasing sterile Drosophila suzukii males or males and females in cages led to the same degree of induced sterility in wild females.
Alexandra Labbetoul, Simon Fellous
wiley   +1 more source

Deaf intermarriage has limited effect on the prevalence of recessive deafness and no effect on underlying allelic frequency.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
The idea that deaf intermarriage increases the prevalence of deafness was forcefully pushed in the late 19th century by Alexander Graham Bell, in proceedings published by the National Academy of Science.
Derek C Braun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An investigation into the positive effect of an educated wife on her husband’s earnings: the case of Japan in the period between 2000 and 2003. [PDF]

open access: yes
We analyze the effect of a wife’s human capital on her husband’s earnings, using individual-level data for Japan in the period 2000–2003. We find a positive association between a wife’s education and her husband’s earnings, which can be attributed to the
Mano, Yukichi, Yamamura, Eiji
core   +1 more source

Review on enhancing clinical decision support system using machine learning

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Clinical decision‐making is a complex patient‐centred process. For an informed clinical decision, the input data is very thorough ranging from detailed family history, environmental history, social history, health‐risk assessments, and prior relevant medical cases.
Anum Masood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An introgressed wing pattern acts as a mating cue. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Heliconius butterflies provide good examples of both homoploid hybrid speciation and ecological speciation. In particular, examples of adaptive introgression have been detected among the subspecies of Heliconius timareta, which acquired red color pattern
Enciso-Romero, Juan   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Temporal migration patterns and mating tactics influence size-assortative mating in Rana temporaria

open access: yesBehavioral Ecology, 2018
Birds of a feather flock together. This is also true for the European common frog where mating of similar sized individuals is more likely. But, how they assort is a rather complex mechanism.
C. Dittrich   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sample environment for operando solid‐state battery characterization

open access: yesJournal of Applied Crystallography, EarlyView.
A versatile sample environment enabling operando studies of solid‐state batteries with temperature control and pressure monitoring is described.All‐solid‐state batteries provide new hope for developing electrical energy storage far beyond the current state of the art.
Therese S. S. Faurskov   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational homogamy and assortative mating have not increased [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Some economists have argued that assortative mating between men and women has increased over the last several decades, thereby contributing to increased family income inequality. Sociologists have argued that educational homogamy has increased.
Gihleb, Rania, Lang, Kevin
core   +2 more sources

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