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The Bump and Grind of Labor and Love: Assortative Matching Among Select Occupation from 1900 to 1940

Schivitz, Karli Ann
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-1626
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658251722067924

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2022, Master of Arts, Miami University, Economics.
Were working women from 1900 to 1940 more likely to find a spouse within their same occupation than in another occupation? Our dataset is made up of complete count decennial census data from IPUMS covering 1900 through 1940. We focus on five occupations specifically to limit the study: actresses, physicians and surgeons, professors, teachers, and government officials. As a point of comparison, we also look at women working in manufacturing and agriculture. To determine if working women were more likely to marry within their occupation, we apply the Separable Extreme Value Index from Chiappori et. al. (2020) and the Altham Statistic from Altham and Ferrie (2007) to determine if this was the case. We find that, for our selected occupations, working women were more likely to find a spouse within their same occupation for all of the time covered, but the degree to which it was more likely decreased over time.
Gregory Niemesh (Advisor)
46 p.
Economic History; Economics
Economics; Assortative Mating; Assortative Matching; Economic History; Census Data; Women; Women's Labor Force Participation

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  • Schivitz, K. A. (2022). The Bump and Grind of Labor and Love: Assortative Matching Among Select Occupation from 1900 to 1940 [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658251722067924

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schivitz, Karli. The Bump and Grind of Labor and Love: Assortative Matching Among Select Occupation from 1900 to 1940. 2022. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658251722067924.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schivitz, Karli. "The Bump and Grind of Labor and Love: Assortative Matching Among Select Occupation from 1900 to 1940." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658251722067924

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