The effects of educational assortative matching on job and marital satisfaction.

Autor/in	Tampieri, A.
Titel	The effects of educational assortative matching on job and marital satisfaction. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Auswirkungen von zusammenpassender Abstimmung im Bildungsbereich auf die Zufriedenheit am Arbeitsplatz und in der Ehe.
Quelle	In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics, 98 (2022) Art. 101883, 13 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2214-8043
DOI	10.1016/j.socec.2022.101883
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Kognitive Kompetenz; Zufriedenheit; Ehe; Sozialer Status; Beruf; Qualifikation; Studienmotivation; Auswahlverfahren; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Ehepartner; Student; Großbritannien
Abstract	"This paper studies how the decision to attend university may affect job and marital satisfaction. We propose a theoretical model with educational assortative matching, where individuals differ in their ability and prefer to marry an educated spouse. Thus, individuals decide whether to attend university both for obtaining higher job satisfaction and for meeting educated partners. Job satisfaction is modelled to take into account the income level of the average educated individual as the reference type, toward which educated individuals compare themselves. We show that, provided that the cost of social comparison is not too strong, the average ability of educated individuals falls with assortative matching, since more low ability students are willing to attend university for marital reasons. The lower average ability ultimately raises job satisfaction because it reduces the income level of the reference type. Expected marital satisfaction also increases, as more educated individuals enter the marriage market." The study refers to the period 1991-2008. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1