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Inter-Ethnic Marriage and Partner Satisfaction


Mathias Sinning


Australian National University; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Shane Mathew Worner


affiliation not provided to SSRN
November 19, 2010

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 221

Abstract:     
This paper investigates immigrant assortative mating and relationship satisfaction. Using a modified random effects ordered probit model, the paper demonstrates that spouses of mixed couples are significantly less satisfied with their partner than native-only and foreign-only couples.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 20

Keywords: International Migration, Assortative Mating, Partner Satisfaction

JEL Classification: F22, I31

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Date posted: November 19, 2010  

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Sinning, Mathias and Worner, Shane Mathew, Inter-Ethnic Marriage and Partner Satisfaction (November 19, 2010). Ruhr Economic Paper No. 221. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1711859 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1711859

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Mathias Sinning (Contact Author)
Australian National University ( email )
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Australia
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany
Shane Mathew Worner
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