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Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants: human capital and assortative mating

Chiswick, Barry R. ; Houseworth, Christina

Review of economics of the household, 2011-06, Vol.9 (2), p.149-180 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Boston: Springer US

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Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants: human capital and assortative mating
Autor: Chiswick, Barry R. ; Houseworth, Christina
Assuntos: Assimilation ; Census of Population ; Country of birth ; Earnings ; Economic analysis ; Economic theory ; Economics ; Economics and Finance ; Education ; English language ; Ethnicity ; Genealogy ; Host country ; Households ; Human capital ; Immigrants ; Immigration ; Interfaith relationships ; Labor Economics ; Labor market ; Linguistics ; Marriage ; Microeconomics ; Minority & ethnic groups ; Noncitizens ; Population Economics ; Social research ; Social Sciences ; Socioeconomic factors ; Studies
É parte de: Review of economics of the household, 2011-06, Vol.9 (2), p.149-180
Descrição: This paper analyzes the determinants of interethnic marriages by immigrants in the United States. The dependent variable is intermarriage across ethnic groups (on the basis of ancestry and country of birth) and the inclusion of the explanatory variables is justified by a simple rational choice economic model. A binomial logistic regression is estimated using data from the 1980 US Census, the last Census where post-migration marriages can be identified. Results show that the probability of intermarriage increases the longer a migrant resides in the U.S. and the younger the age at arrival. Both relationships can be attributable to the accumulation of US-specific human capital and an erosion of ethnic-specific human capital. Inter-ethnic marriages are more likely between individuals with similar education levels, providing evidence of positive assortative mating by education for immigrants. The construction of the “availability ratio” for potential spouses from one’s own group and group size where one lives using data from several Censuses provides a the measure of the marriage market. Intermarriage is lower the greater the availability ratio and the larger the size of one’s own group. Linguistic distance of the immigrant’s mother tongue from English indirectly measures the effect of English language proficiency at arrival and is found to be a significant negative predictor of intermarriage. Those who report multiple ancestries and who were previously married are more likely to intermarry.
Editor: Boston: Springer US
Idioma: Inglês

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Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants: human capital and assortative mating

Chiswick, Barry R. ; Houseworth, Christina

Boston: Springer US

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