Session 23: Union Formation

Thursday, March 30 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Santa Barbara B Lobby Level

1.	Maximizing Status or Homophily? How Individuals Choose among Socially Distant Partners under Varying Marriage Market Conditions  •  Audrey N. Beck, Duke University

2.	Mexican Migration and Its Effect on the Union Formation Patterns of Women in Sending Communities  •  Kate H. Choi, University of California, Los Angeles

3.	Income Inequality and Educational Assortative Mating in the United States: Accounting for Trends from 1940 to 2003  •  Robert D. Mare, University of California, Los Angeles; Christine R. Schwartz, University of California, Los Angeles

4.	Casting a Wider Net? Marriage Timing and Partner Choice  •  Kevin Shafer, Ohio State University; Zhenchao Qian, Ohio State University

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