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SUBMITTER: Schwartz CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4212646 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schwartz Christine R CR Han Hongyun H
American sociological review 20140801 4
The reversal of the gender gap in education has potentially far-reaching consequences for marriage markets, family formation, and relationship outcomes. One possible consequence of this is the growing number of marriages in which wives have more education than their husbands. Previous studies have found this type of union to be at higher risk of dissolution. Using data on marriages formed between 1950 and 2004 in the United States, we evaluate whether this association has persisted as the preval ...[more]