Searching on Campus? Marriage Market Effects of the Student Gender Composition

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This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German Microcensus data and aggregate information on the student sex ratio by field of study for 41 different fields from 1977 to 2011. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a partner from the same field decreases for women, while men are more likely to marry down with respect to educational status.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11175

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Behavior: General ; Higher Education; Research Institutions ; Education and Inequality ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
• Subject: marriage markets ; sex ratio ; higher education ; Germany

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pestel, Nico
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/174085
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET