?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Interethnic+marriage+decisions%3A+a+choice+between+ethnic+and+educational+similarities&rft.creator=Furtado%2C+D.&rft.creator=Theodoropoulos%2C+N.&rft.description=This+paper+examines+the+effect+of+education+on+intermarriage+and+specifically%2C%0D%0Awhether+the+mechanisms+through+which+education+affects+intermarriage+differ+by%0D%0Aimmigrant+generation+and+race.+We+consider+three+main+paths+through+which%0D%0Aeducation+affects+marriage+choice.+First%2C+educated+people+may+be+better+able+to%0D%0Aadapt+to+different+customs+and+cultures+making+them+more+likely+to+marry+outside+of%0D%0Atheir+ethnicity.+Second%2C+because+the+educated+are+less+likely+to+reside+in+ethnic%0D%0Aenclaves%2C+meeting+potential+spouses+of+the+same+ethnicity+may+involve+higher+search%0D%0Acosts.+Lastly%2C+if+spouse-searchers+value+similarities+in+education+as+well+as+ethnicity%2C%0D%0Athen+they+may+be+willing+to+substitute+similarities+in+education+for+ethnicity+when%0D%0Aevaluating+spouses.+Thus%2C+the+effect+of+education+will+depend+on+the+availability+of%0D%0Asame-ethnicity+potential+spouses+with+a+similar+level+of+education.+Using+U.S.+Census%0D%0Adata%2C+we+find+evidence+for+all+three+effects+for+the+population+in+general.+However%2C%0D%0Aassortative+matching+on+education+seems+to+be+relatively+more+important+for+the%0D%0Anative+born%2C+for+the+foreign+born+that+arrived+at+a+fairly+young+age%2C+and+for+Asians.%0D%0AWe+conclude+by+providing+additional+pieces+of+evidence+suggestive+of+our%0D%0Ahypotheses.&rft.subject=J12%2C+I21%2C+J61&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Research+and+Analysis+of+Migration&rft.date=2007-12&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Discussion+Papers+in+Economics++16%2F07).+Centre+for+Research+and+Analysis+of+Migration%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2007)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14263%2F1%2F14263.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14263%2F&rft.rights=open