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Robert Mare's Legacy: Advances in the Study of Assortative Mating. [PDF]

Res Soc Stratif Mobil, 2023
Schwartz CR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Harnessing Human Mobility Data for Applied Economic Research: Current Knowledge, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reviews how large‐scale mobility data can enhance economic analyses, highlighting its contributions to understanding travel behavior, labor markets, social interactions, and health outcomes. We discuss its advantages over traditional mobility data sources, which include real‐time location information and fine spatial resolution ...
Cristina Connolly, Sandro Steinbach, Mike Vo, Xibo Wan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Male size does not correlate with fertilization success in two bufonid toads that show size-assortative mating

Current Zoology, 2013
We examined sexual size dimorphism (SSD), mating pattern, fertilization efficiency and female reproductive traits in two bufonid toads (Bufo gargarizans and Duttaphrynus melanostictus) to test the idea that importance of male body size for egg ...
Xiao-Li FAN, Zhi-Hua LIN, Xiang JI
doaj  

Editorial on the Special Issue “Changes in Educational Homogamy and Its Consequences”

Comparative Population Studies
Recent decades have seen major changes in the educational profiles of the populations of Western industrialised countries, notably a sharp rise in educational attainment and a reversal of the gender gap in education.
Pia Blossfeld, Stefani Scherer, Wilfred Uunk   +2 more
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Differently Educated US Couples and Their Work‐Family Arrangements, 1968–2023

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This brief report examines how couples' education pairings relate to their work‐family arrangements in the United States from 1968 to 2023, focusing on differently educated couples. Background The reversal of the gender gap in education has increased couples where women have more education than their male partners, with implications ...
Léa Pessin, Federica Querin
wiley   +1 more source

Going the same 'weigh': spousal correlations in obesity in the UK [PDF]

, 2010
The obesity epidemic has received widespread media and research attention. However, the social phenomenon of obesity is still not well understood.
Brown, H., Hole, A.R., Roberts, J.
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Assortative mating and parental genetic relatedness contribute to the pathogenicity of variably expressive variants. [PDF]

Am J Hum Genet, 2023
Smolen C, Jensen M, Dyer L, Pizzo L, Tyryshkina A, Banerjee D, Rohan L, Huber E, El Khattabi L, Prontera P, Caberg JH, Van Dijck A, Schwartz C, Faivre L, Callier P, Mosca-Boidron AL, Lefebvre M, Pope K, Snell P, Lockhart PJ, Castiglia L, Galesi O, Avola E, Mattina T, Fichera M, Luana Mandarà GM, Bruccheri MG, Pichon O, Le Caignec C, Stoeva R, Cuinat S, Mercier S, Bénéteau C, Blesson S, Nordsletten A, Martin-Coignard D, Sistermans E, Kooy RF, Amor DJ, Romano C, Isidor B, Juusola J, Girirajan S.   +42 more
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Parental Loss in Early Years and Adult Family Formation: Evidence From U.S. Cohorts Born 1850–1910

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This paper examines the long‐term impact of parental loss in early years on family formation as adults in U.S. cohorts born between 1850 and 1910, focusing on age assortative mating and the timing of first childbirth. Background Early parental loss can profoundly shape children's adult family formation trajectories.
Giulia Corti, Saverio Minardi
wiley   +1 more source

The Joint Retirement Decision of Husbands and Wives [PDF]

The objective of the paper is to find empirically whether husbands and wives tend to retire at the same time, and to give an explanation of the findings.
Michael D. Hurd
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Couple Mobility and Employment Patterns. A Gender Perspective in Six European Countries

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study investigates how different couple‐based geographical mobility strategies affect employment probabilities for men and women in six European countries from a gender perspective. Background Although geographical mobility is often linked to improved labor market outcomes, women tend to face social and economic disadvantages ...
Nazareno Panichella, Antonina Zhelenkova, Hanne Gaukel, Roberto Impicciatore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source