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Economic development and parental status homogamy: A study of 19thcentury France

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This study investigates the claim that industrialization led to a decrease of parental status homogamy. Contrary to previous research industrialization is not indicated by historical time, nor measured as a macro-development, but instead brides and bridegrooms who are more involved in the industrial labour market are compared with those who are less involved. The theory of preferences, third parties and meeting opportunities is used to derive the hypotheses that young persons (1) with an industrial occupation, (2) who are intergenerationally mobile, and (3) with formal training marry more often outside their parental status group. Hypotheses are tested using the Tra-dataset on France for the period 1803-1899. Brides and bridegrooms working in an industrial occupation and intergenerationally mobile bridegrooms are indeed found to marry less homogamously with respect to parental kstatus.

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hal-01004591 , version 1 (11-06-2014)

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Ineke I. Maas, Marco H. D. M. H. D. van Leeuwen, J Pierre J. P. Pelissier, Daniele D. Rebaudo. Economic development and parental status homogamy: A study of 19thcentury France. The History of the Family, 2011, 16 (4), pp.371 - 386. ⟨10.1016/j.hisfam.2011.07.006⟩. ⟨hal-01004591⟩
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