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LICHTER, DANIEL T. ANDERSON, ROBERT N. HAYWARD, MARK D. Marriage Markets and Marital Choice Presented: Miami FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 1357 Publisher: Population Association of America Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines the relationship between marriage market conditions and marital choice (i.e., assortative mating). The guiding hypothesis is that shortages of attractive mates not only lower the probability of marriage, but in the event of marriage, also alter never-married women's "reservation-quality spouse" (i.e., akin to reservation wage in job search theory). To the extent that marital pros never-married women are more likely to: (1) marry men with characteristics to their own as they expand the pool of eligible mates; and (2) marry socioeconomic status. We test this hypothesis using data from the National Survey of Youth. Our discrete-time competing risk hazards models pit micro explanations that emphasize women's personal resources against structural explanations that emphasize local marriage market constraints in the mate selection process. LICHTER, DANIEL T. ANDERSON, ROBERT N. HAYWARD, MARK D. Marriage Markets and Marital Choice Journal of Family Issues 16,4 (July 1995): 412-431 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 2919 Publisher: Sage Publications Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines the relationship between marriage market conditions and marital choice (i.e., assortative mating). The guiding hypothesis is that shortages of attractive mates not only lower the probability of marriage, but in the event of marriage, also alter never-married women's "reservation-quality spouse" (i.e., akin to reservation wage in job search theory). To the extent that marital pros never-married women are more likely to: (1) marry men with characteristics to their own as they expand the pool of eligible mates; and (2) marry socioeconomic status. We test this hypothesis using data from the National Survey of Youth. Our discrete-time competing risk hazards models pit micro explanations that emphasize women's personal resources against structural explanations that emphasize local marriage market constraints in the mate selection process. OROPESA, R. S. LICHTER, DANIEL T. ANDERSON, ROBERT N. Marriage Markets and the Paradox of Mexican Nuptiality Journal of Marriage and the Family 56,4 (November 1994): 889-907. Also: http://www.jstor.org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/stable/353601 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 1799 Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Current research on the retreat from marriage emphasizes the economic underpinnings of family formation, especially among disadvantaged minorities. The paradox of Mexican nuptiality is that first marriage rates among Americans are similar to those among Anglos, despite circumstances that closely approximate those of African Americans. Using event histories constructed from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study extends previous analyses by investigating the roles of structural (e.g., pool of marriageable men) and cultural (e.g., familism) factors in the marriage transitions of 3,853 Mexican American, African American, and Anglo women. The results support three main conclusions. First, similarities are outweighed by differences in the marriage process these groups. Second, cultural indicators do not group differences. Third, the unique aspects of the marriage process among Mexican Americans cannot be fully understood without taking their generational heterogeneity into account. Search returned 3 items. Search Start: 17:53:59 Search Finish: 17:53:59
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