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Beyond the local marriage market

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  • Ineke Maas

    (Universiteit Utrecht)

  • Richard Zijdeman

    (Universiteit Utrecht)

Abstract

This study examines whether the increase of geographical heterogamy in the nineteenth and early twentieth century is related to modernization. Specifically, we test whether mass communication and mass transport enhanced the likelihood of a geographically heterogamous marriage as well as the distance over which heterogamous marriages took place. Furthermore, we study whether modernization decreased the relationship between social background and geographical heterogamy. We employ individual and municipality level data of some 30,000 marriages in over 40 municipalities in the Dutch province Overijssel between 1823 and 1922. The results from our multi-level analyses suggest that mass communication was more important than mass transport.

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  • Ineke Maas & Richard Zijdeman, 2010. "Beyond the local marriage market," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 23(33), pages 933-962.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:23:y:2010:i:33
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.33
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    1. Zhu, Chen & Zhang, Xiaohui & Zhao, Qiran & Chen, Qihui, 2018. "Hybrid marriages and phenotypic heterosis in offspring: Evidence from China," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 102-114.
    2. Martin Dribe & Jan Van Bavel & Cameron Campbell, 2012. "Social mobility and demographic behaviour: Long term perspectives," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 26(8), pages 173-190.
    3. Martin Dribe & Jonas Helgertz & Bart van de Putte, 2012. "Intergenerational social mobility during modernisation: a micro-level study of a community in southern Sweden 1830-1968," Working Papers 12013, Economic History Society.
    4. Karen Haandrikman, 2019. "Partner choice in Sweden: How distance still matters," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(2), pages 440-460, March.

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    Keywords

    migration; geographical homogamy; status homogamy; modernization; mass communication; mass transport;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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