2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Demographic explanations for the rise in household income inequality
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include increased educational assortative mating and changes in the
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division of paid labour within families. Building on this research, the
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current study focuses on the connected nature of these two
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inequality-producing mechanisms, while at the same time bridging the
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divide with the economic literature on the role of income
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differentiation. Drawing on the 2004-2008 European Union Statistics on
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Income and Living Conditions, we consider variation across Europe in the
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disequalising effect of educational assortative mating and relate these
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patterns to the general characteristics of welfare state regimes,
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focusing on the degree of gender equality and income differentiation.
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First, we document large educational differentials in men''s and women''s
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income in Eastern Europe, and smaller differentials in Anglo-Saxon,
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Continental and, especially, Northern Europe. Next, we find that this
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variation in gender equality and income differentiation parallels
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variation in the potential contribution of educational assortative
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mating to educational differentiation in household income. While all
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countries display larger educational differentials in household income
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under the scenario of 100\% educational homogamy, the biggest
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differences are found in Eastern Europe, and the smallest differences in
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the Nordic countries. These results suggest that educational assortative
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mating is less disequalising in countries with more gender equality and
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support for equal opportunities.'
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affiliation: 'Eeckhaut, MCW (Corresponding Author), Univ Delaware, Dept Sociol \&
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Criminal Justice, 325 Smith Hall,18 Amstel Ave, Newark, DE 19716 USA.
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Eeckhaut, Mieke C. W., Univ Delaware, Dept Sociol \& Criminal Justice, 325 Smith
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Hall,18 Amstel Ave, Newark, DE 19716 USA.
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Stanfors, Maria A., Lund Univ, Ctr Econ Demog, Lund, Sweden.'
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article-number: 0001699319877925
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author: Eeckhaut, Mieke C. W. and Stanfors, Maria A.
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author-email: eeckhaut@udel.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Eeckhaut
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given: Mieke C. W.
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- family: Stanfors
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given: Maria A.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/0001699319877925
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earlyaccessdate: OCT 2019
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eissn: 1502-3869
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files: []
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issn: 0001-6993
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journal: ACTA SOCIOLOGICA
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keywords: 'Educational assortative mating; income inequality; division of labour;
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Europe; cross-national analysis; European Union Statistics on Income and
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Living Conditions; diagonal reference models'
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keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; FAMILY INCOME; EARNINGS INEQUALITY; WIVES
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EARNINGS; TRENDS; EMPLOYMENT; PATTERNS; HOMOGAMY; WORK; MARRIAGE'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '73'
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orcid-numbers: Eeckhaut, Mieke/0000-0001-9132-0883
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pages: 48-69
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papis_id: 597fe033c48b286a13b0d4536d7f5fe0
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ref: Eeckhaut2021educationalassortati
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times-cited: '1'
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title: 'Educational assortative mating, gender equality, and income differentiation
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across Europe: A simulation study'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000494155000001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '20'
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volume: '64'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2021'
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