Open AccessEducational Homogamy and Inter-Couple Income Inequality: Linking Demographic and Socio-Economic Consequences of Educational Expansion in Germany and Switzerland
Author(s) -
Ramsey Wise,
Christoph Zangger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
swiss journal of sociology/schweizerische zeitschrift für soziologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2297-8348
pISSN - 0379-3664
DOI - 10.1515/sjs-2017-0029
Subject(s) - earnings , inequality , economics , educational inequality , economic inequality , demographic economics , income distribution , distribution (mathematics) , labour economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , accounting
How is educational expansion associated with increased educational homogamy and income inequality? Using SOEP and SHP panel data, we randomly match couples and compare the resulting income distribution to the observed one. Educational homogamy thereby has had only a marginal impact on earnings-based income inequality between couples, which is largely due to the endogenous decision-making of couples concerning working time.