Schwartz, Christine Working paper no. 2007-13 Abstract Increases in the association between spouses’ earnings have the potential to increase economic inequality as marriages increasingly consist of two high- or two low-earning partners. This paper uses log-linear models and data from the March Current Population Survey to describe trends in the association between spouses’ earnings and …
Karraker, Amelia, John DeLamater and Christine Schwartz Working paper no. 2009-13 Abstract Objective: To examine sexual frequency decline among American men and women between the ages of 44 and 72 born from 1933 to 1948. Methods: Using data from the National Health and Social Life Study (NHSLS) and the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), …
Schwartz, Christine, and Nikki L. Graf Working paper no. 2010-07 Abstract Previous research has found that same-sex couples are more likely to be in interracial/ethnic partnerships than are different-sex couples. Drawing on search theory, we evaluate the plausibility of a common explanation for the higher likelihood of interracial/ethnic partnership among same-sex couples—that those seeking same-sex …
Schwartz, Christine and Hongyun Han Working paper no. 2012-05 Abstract The reversal of the gender gap in education has potentially far-reaching consequences for marriage markets, family formation, and relationship outcomes. One possible consequence of this is the growing number of marriages in which wives have more education than their husbands. Previous studies have found this …
Wang, Yu and Christine R. Schwartz Working paper no. 2015-01 Abstract Hukou is a key status marker in contemporary China. Urban Hukou status conveys large economic benefits such as preferential access to good schools, prestigious occupations, and state-subsidized welfare benefits. As such, trends in Hukou intermarriage convey important but previously underappreciated information about social mobility …
Gonalons-Pons, Pilar, and Christine R. Schwartz Working paper no. 2015-02 Abstract The growing economic resemblance of spouses has contributed to rising inequality by increasing the number of couples in which there are two high- or two low-earning partners. The dominant explanation for this trend is increased assortative mating. Previous research has primarily relied on cross-sectional …