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These trends in assortive mating and relative marital stability are the reason.

Marriage and Inequality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

1. The mating of individuals preferentially with others of their own genotype is called assortive mating.

Archive 2006-05-01 AYDIN 2006

I first noticed the assortive mating effect on income 20 some years ago when I was in med school.

Families and Inequality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

As the earnings of women have risen, "assortive mating" (men and women of similar educational levels tending to marry) tends to widen income differences.

Families and Inequality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

This in turn leads to more assortive mating, with achievement-oriented men looking for interesting mates rather than for good maids.

An Interesting if Incomplete Narrative on Income Inequality xtra 2009

However, since women now largely work, and marriage is more assortive than ever, and people spend more time as college and grad students, all of which increase household income inequality (since college and grad school students trade extra years of poverty-level student income for greater income once they get out), additional factors come into play.

Baker vs. Reynolds, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

This in turn leads to more assortive mating, with achievement-oriented men looking for interesting mates rather than for good maids.

Archive 2009-10-01 xtra 2009

As the earnings of women have risen, assortive ...

EconLog: November 2006 Archives 2006

In the process, I've lost my entire blogroll and other assortive stuff.

Archive 2007-01-01 Kay Olson 2007

In the process, I've lost my entire blogroll and other assortive stuff.

Hmmm -- Updated Kay Olson 2007