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L'effet de l'homogamie éducative sur les inégalités : une note méthodologique avec une illustration pour le cas français

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  • Pierre Courtioux

    (EDHEC - EDHEC Business School - UCL - Université catholique de Lille, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Vincent Lignon

    (cnaf - caisse nationale des allocations familiales - Ministère de la santé, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Following recent economic literature on the subject, the article estimates the impact of assortative mating and more particularly of educational homogamy on inequality measured by the Gini index of equivalized income. The results show that in the French case, this impact is small. They also show that an education variable has to be detailed enough in order to avoid an under-estimation of educational homogamy. Depending on the method used the impact of educational homogamy on inequality range from 0.8 to 2.5%, i.e. a much lower level than the French tax and benefit system which decreases inequality by almost 16%.

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  • Pierre Courtioux & Vincent Lignon, 2015. "L'effet de l'homogamie éducative sur les inégalités : une note méthodologique avec une illustration pour le cas français," Post-Print halshs-01254789, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01254789
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    Keywords

    education; assortative mating; inequality; homogamie; inégalité;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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