Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating
contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau …

The growing economic resemblance of spouses has contributed to rising inequality by
increasing the number of couples in which there are two high-or two low-earning partners …

Economic instability has increased in recent decades and is higher for families with low
incomes and Black families. Such instability is thought to be driven primarily by precarious …

Some economists have argued that assortative mating between men and women has
increased over the last several decades. Sociologists have argued that educational …

The PSID has major advantages for studying income volatility and, because of this, research
using it has been responsible for major improvements in the methodology of studying …

Despite the intuitive notion that educational homogamy matters for the distribution of
economic resources across households, existing research finds that changes in educational …

We study assortative mating of Norwegian parents over five decades and its consequences
for offspring outcomes. Parents are characterised by the earnings decile of their parents (the …

The growing economic similarity of spouses has contributed to rising income inequality
across households. Explanations have typically centered on assortative mating, but recent …

This paper analyzes assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first
provide descriptive evidence on the statistical association in several socio‐economic …

I document that married women are less likely to leave the labor force and are more
attached to employment in recessions. Using a two-person household incomplete assets …