Better wed over the mixen than over the moor? Break-ups of inter-ethnic marriages in Italy

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This paper studies the resilience of inter-ethnic marriages in Italy through the lenses of marriage duration by means of survival and treatment-effect analyses. Our main findings are that inter-ethnic marriages have a significantly higher risk of separation even when we control for social and economic characteristics of the spouses; however, when we restrict the analysis to more recent marriages, we observe that co- and inter-ethnic marriages converge in longevity. Finally, we find evidence of self-selection into inter-ethnic marriages. Overall our findings points to a society that is becoming increasingly open to cultural and ethnic diversity, as well as more secular.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE ; No. 1098

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
• Subject: inter-ethnic marriage ; divorce ; separation ; family economics

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bottazzi, Laura ; Manasse, Paolo ; See, Sarah Grace
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)
• (where): Bologna
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.6092/unibo/amsacta/5525
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/177598
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET