Marriage migration: Just another case of positive assortative matching?

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作者：
Çelikaksoy A. [1 ]
Nielsen H.S. [2 ]
Verner M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] CIM, Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus C DK-8000, Prismet
[2] CIM, Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C DK-8000
来源：
Review of Economics of the Household | 2006年 / 4卷 / 3期
关键词：
Assortative matching; Compensating differentials; Exchange theory; Homogamy; Marriage migration;
D O I：
10.1007/s11150-006-0006-3
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摘要：
It is a stylized fact that marriage formation involves positive assortative matching on education. We also find this in the case of immigrants, even when they tend to "import" their spouses and potentially trade off education for other favorable characteristics. For Pakistanis, we find positive compensating differentials in terms of high education to youth having adopted host country norms, when marrying a marriage migrant. This indicates that Pakistani marriage migrants pay a premium to be able to marry and live in Denmark. For Turks, individuals having source country norms pay a premium in order to import a partner, indicating that unspoiled traditional norms are traded off for education. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006.
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