Why does women's education stabilize marriages? The role of marital attraction and barriers to divorce

<b>Background</b>: Despite widespread attention paid to the negative correlation between female education and divorce, we lack an explanation for it. In this study we use social exchange theory to assess two broad groups of explanations. According to the 'marital attraction' ex...

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Main Authors: Diederik Boertien, Juho Härkönen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2018-04-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol38/41/