The Role of Own-Group Density & Local Social Norms for Ethnic Marital Sorting: Evidence from the UK

September 2021 ● Dan Anderberg , Alexander Vickery ● European Economic Review

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Abstract

We exploit the post-war immigration-induced regional variation in ethnic composition among British-born individuals to study inter-ethnic marriages in the UK. Black and Asian individuals are more likely to marry intra-ethnically in regions where the own ethnicity share is relatively large. In order to disentangle the relative roles played by supply effects, preferences and local social norms we estimate a structural marriage market model that allows for conformity behaviour. Using the estimated model, we make predictions for a set of more recent cohorts whose marital choices are still to be completed.

Fig. 3. Distribution of Partner Type by Own Type and Gender

citation


             @article{ANDERBERG2021103774,
            
              title =
              {The role of own-group density and local social norms for
                ethnic marital sorting: Evidence from the UK.},

            journal  =
              {European Economic Review},

             volume =
              {138},
            pages =
               {103774} ,
            year =
              {2021},
            issn =
              {0014-2921},
            doi =
              https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103774,
            author =
              {Dan Anderberg and Alexander Vickery}