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ERIC Number: EJ767487
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Working Late: Do Workplace Sex Ratios Affect Partnership Formation and Dissolution?
Svarer, Michael
Journal of Human Resources, v42 n3 p583-595 Sum 2007
In this paper, I analyze the association between workplace sex ratios and partnership formation and dissolution. I find that the risk of dissolution increases with the fraction of coworkers of the opposite sex at both the female and male workplace. On the other hand, workplace sex ratios are not important for the overall transition rate from singlehood to partnership. The results suggest that the workplace constitutes a more important marriage market segment for individuals who are already in a partnership, presumably due to higher search cost for (alternative) partners in general. Descriptive Statistics are appended. (Contains 2 tables and 8 footnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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