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Title: The Role of Education in Marital Decisions of Blacks and Whites
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Nandi, Alita |
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The Role of Education in Marital Decisions of Blacks and Whites Presented: London, England, 9th World Congress of the Econometric Society, August 2005. Also: http://eswc2005.econ.ucl.ac.uk/ESWC/2005/Prog/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Econometric Society Keyword(s): Education; Marriage; Racial Differences; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Blacks have lower marriage rates and lower average schooling than whites. I estimate a static model of marriage and schooling simultaneously to identify the causal effect of schooling on their marriage probabilities. I find that schooling ultimately increases the marriage probabilities of all but white women. The schooling coefficient is significant for men only and its magnitude is 6% and 1.3% for black and white men, respectively. If all black men are assigned 18 years of schooling, then their marriage rate becomes higher than that of white men. This emphasizes the role of schooling in marriages. |
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Nandi, Alita. "The Role of Education in Marital Decisions of Blacks and Whites." Presented: London, England, 9th World Congress of the Econometric Society, August 2005. |