Introduction

Female hypergamy is a supposed tendency for women to seek husbands who are higher status than themselves. Arguing about educational hypergamy, women seeking husbands who are more educated than themselves is especially popular. Freddy de Boers' demographic dating market doom loop presents an argument that educationalhypergamy is lowering marriage rates. Scott Alexander: Is this going to be one of those annoying cases where they're both right in different senses?