Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174085 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11175
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German Microcensus data and aggregate information on the student sex ratio by field of study for 41 different fields from 1977 to 2011. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a partner from the same field decreases for women, while men are more likely to marry down with respect to educational status.
Subjects: 
marriage markets
sex ratio
higher education
Germany
JEL: 
D10
I23
I24
J12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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