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

Chair: Agnese Vitali, Università Bocconi

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

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

3. 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;

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

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

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