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Bachelors Without Bachelor's: Gender Gaps in Education and Declining Marriage Rates
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This working paper analyzes the relationship between gender gaps in higher education and declining marriage rates in the U.S.
It finds that while college women continue to marry at relatively stable rates (often partnering with non-college men), non-college women face significantly reduced marriage prospects due to worsening economic outcomes among non-college men.
The study uses historical cohort data and cross-regional comparisons to demonstrate how male joblessness and incarceration rates disproportionately affect marriage markets for less-educated women.
It finds that while college women continue to marry at relatively stable rates (often partnering with non-college men), non-college women face significantly reduced marriage prospects due to worsening economic outcomes among non-college men.
The study uses historical cohort data and cross-regional comparisons to demonstrate how male joblessness and incarceration rates disproportionately affect marriage markets for less-educated women.
