Friday, June 15 / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM   •   Nordenskiöld

Session 70:
Assortative mating: Trends, causes, and consequences

Chair: Agnese Vitali, Università Bocconi

  1. Towards an annual measure of prevalence for intermarriages in European countries • Giampaolo Lanzieri, European Commission, Eurostat

  2. Age homogamy and gender-specific earnings: Sweden 1990-2009 • Paul Nystedt, Linkoping University ; Martin Dribe, Lund University

  3. Racial homophily and exclusion in online dating preferences: a cross-national comparison • Gina Potarca, University of Groningen ; Melinda Mills, University of Groningen

  4. Are taller women more successful at the marriage market? The case of India • Jeroen Smits, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen ; Christiaan W. S. Monden, University of Oxford

  5. Parental involvement in partner choice: the case of Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands • Pascale I. van Zantvliet, Tilburg University ; Matthijs Kalmijn, Tilburg University ; Ellen Verbakel, Tilburg University

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