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Occupational Licensing, Intergenerational Occupational Persistence and Social Mobility

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the relationship between occupational regulation and intergenerational occupational persistence. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009–2024), we find that individuals are significantly more likely to enter a licensed occupation if a parent also worked in one, with the effect strongest in occupations where regulatory hurdles ...
Maria Koumenta, Mark Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Homogamy and Wealth: Assortative Mating, Spouses' Division of Paid Labor, and Net Worth in China

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines how educational assortative mating—particularly educational homogamy—shapes household net worth in urban China. Background Despite private wealth emerging as a critical indicator of financial security and social status in post‐reform China, the family‐level processes that shape wealth accumulation remain ...
Yu Wang, Lisa A. Keister
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Educational Homogamy and Children’s Tertiary Education in Europe

Comparative Population Studies
In this paper, we examine (1) whether parental educational homogamy is associated with children’s tertiary educational attainment in different European countries and (2) whether this association is moderated by families’ educational backgrounds.
Pia Blossfeld, Tomáš Katrňák, Beatrice Chomková Manea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Educational heterogamy during the early phase of the educational expansion: Results from the university town of Tartu, Estonia in the late 19th century

Demographic Research, 2020
Background: From a historical perspective, the transition from a pre-industrial to a modern society is associated with increasing social status heterogamy.
Martin Klesment, Hannaliis Jaadla, Mark Gortfelder   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Different Paths, Shared Beliefs? Religion and Partnership Formation Among Young Male Refugees and Descendants of Immigrants in Germany

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study examines how religion shapes partnership formation and religious homogamy among Syrian and Afghan male refugees who arrived in Germany during the 2015/16 influx. It provides new insights by focusing on a particularly vulnerable group of refugees who are culturally distant from the host society and comparing them to ...
Jana Kuhlemann, Lena Arnold, Irena Kogan, Marlene Bauer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How I Met My Partner: Online Dating and the Homogamy Gap Between Same‐Sex and Different‐Sex Couples

Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 1438-1452, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines whether online dating helps explain differences in homogamy between same‐sex and different‐sex couples in the United States. Background Same‐sex couples tend to exhibit lower levels of homogamy than different‐sex couples, yet the mechanisms underlying these differences remain unclear.
Jisu Park
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Homogamy and Inter-Couple Income Inequality: Linking Demographic and Socio-Economic Consequences of Educational Expansion in Germany and Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2017
How is educational expansion associated with increased educational homogamy and income inequality? Using SOEP and SHP panel data, we randomly match couples and compare the resulting income distribution to the observed one.
Wise Ramsey, Zangger Christoph
doaj   +1 more source

Women's Socioeconomic Advantage Over Their Partners and Relationship Dissolution: A 29‐Country Study

Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 1284-1301, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms driving the association between women's socioeconomic advantage and the risk of relationship dissolution. Background Research consistently finds that different‐sex couples in which women have higher socioeconomic status than their partners are more likely to separate ...
Pilar Gonalons‐Pons, Allison Dunatchik
wiley   +1 more source

Men's preference for women's facial features: testing homogamy and the paternity uncertainty hypothesis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Male mate choice might be based on both absolute and relative strategies. Cues of female attractiveness are thus likely to reflect both fitness and reproductive potential, as well as compatibility with particular male phenotypes.
Jeanne Bovet, Julien Barthes, Valérie Durand, Michel Raymond, Alexandra Alvergne   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attractiveness for Status? The Link Between Physical Attractiveness and Male Refugees' Romantic Relationships in Germany

Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 1362-1378, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines the link between physical attractiveness and partnership outcomes among a group of young male refugees, drawing on Social Exchange Theory, which posits that individuals exchange valued traits—such as attractiveness—for higher status in other domains.
Irena Kogan, Jana Kuhlemann, Laura Marie Schmitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source