کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
884172 912378 2009 21 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Shedding “light” on marriage: The influence of skin shade on marriage for black females
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Shedding “light” on marriage: The influence of skin shade on marriage for black females
چکیده انگلیسی

The inter-racial marriage gap that opened in the past 50 years is generally attributed to a decline in the availability of young black marriageable men. We contend that the associated shortage of desirable men in the marriage market provides those black men who are sought after with the opportunity to attain a high status spouse, which has placed a premium on black women with lighter skin. We provide evidence, based on data drawn from the Multi City Study of Urban Inequality, consistent with this hypothesis. Our theoretical analysis of the marriage market reveals that marriage promotion policies to increase the desire to marry on the part of young black women will serve to exacerbate the importance attached to skin shade.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization - Volume 72, Issue 1, October 2009, Pages 30–50
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