Educational Expansion and Homogamy. An Analysis of the Consequences of Educational Upgrading for Assortative Mating in Switzerland
We analyze the changing relationship between education and assortative mating over the course of educational expansion in Switzerland between 1970 and 2000. The overall rate of educationally homogamous partnerships has remained rather stable, while partnerlessness increased and became less education...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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2017-11-01
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Series: | Swiss Journal of Sociology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0025 |