Trends in Assortative Mating and Offspring Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bratsberg, Bernt; Markussen, Simen; Raaum, Oddbjorn; Roed, Knut; Rogeberg, Ole
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac071
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 928-950
• 关键词: intergenerational mobility; marriage market; educational homogamy; LABOR; transmission; INEQUALITY; income; generations; CHILDREN; norway

摘要

We study assortative mating of Norwegian parents over five decades and its consequences for offspring outcomes. Parents are characterised by the earnings decile of their parents (the offspring's grandparents) as an indicator of social class. While assortative mating has remained stable across decades, parenthood has become more skewed toward the higher classes. Examining the influence on offspring education and employment, we find that the marginal effect of one parent's class is smaller the higher is the class of the other. Overall, mating trends have contributed to slight improvements in average education and employment and reduced inequality in the offspring generation.