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Educational assortative mating and couples' linked occupational trajectories in China
Jian Song1, Bo Hu1, Yang Zhang1
1Population Development Studies Center, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Social Science Research
|February 5, 2025
Summary
Educational assortative mating significantly impacts couples' career paths. Couples often prioritize family economic benefits over traditional gender roles when making occupational arrangements.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Economics
- Demography
Background:
- Educational assortative mating, the tendency for individuals to marry partners with similar educational backgrounds, profoundly influences couples' division of labor.
- Limited research exists on how educational assortative mating shapes couples' linked occupational trajectories over time.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discern types of couples' linked occupational trajectories using multi-channel sequence analysis.
- To examine the association between educational assortative mating and couples' occupational trajectories using multinomial logistic models.
Main Methods:
- Utilized couple-level data from the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS).
- Employed multi-channel sequence analysis to identify distinct occupational trajectory patterns.
- Applied multinomial logistic regression to assess the influence of educational assortative mating.
Main Results:
- Husbands generally experienced more advantaged or similar occupational trajectories compared to their wives across most occupational types.
- Educational hypergamy (wife more educated) was linked to trajectories where husbands had advantages.
- Educational hypogamy (husband more educated) was linked to trajectories where wives had advantages.
- Specialization and resource bargaining theories better explained findings than the "doing gender" perspective.
Conclusions:
- Couples' occupational arrangements are primarily driven by the pursuit of maximizing family economic interests.
- Family economic considerations often outweigh adherence to traditional gender norms and expectations in occupational decision-making.
Keywords:
Doing genderEducational assortative matingHousehold specializationMulti-channel sequence analysisOccupational trajectoriesResource bargainingMore Related Videos
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