<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>According to status-caste exchange theory, intermarriages involve transactions in which higher educated immigrants trade status for the ethnic advantage of the less-educated native partners. Looking at 2 836 currently married Swiss immigrants, we find that the highly skilled “exchange” their status only when pairing with a medium-educated native. Results also show that younger cohorts of immigrants are more likely to choose hypogamy when marrying a same-origin immigrant than when partnering a native.</p></abstract>

According to status-caste exchange theory, intermarriages involve transactions in which higher educated immigrants trade status for the ethnic advantage of the less-educated native partners. Looking at 2 836 currently married Swiss immigrants, we find that the highly skilled “exchange” their status only when pairing with a medium-educated native. Results also show that younger cohorts of immigrants are more likely to choose hypogamy when marrying a same-origin immigrant than when partnering a native.

Educational Sorting in Mixed Marriages in Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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According to status-caste exchange theory, intermarriages involve transactions in which higher educated immigrants trade status for the ethnic advantage of the...

Educational Sorting in Mixed Marriages in Switzerland

Published Online: Dec 19, 2017

Page range: 515 - 542

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0026

Keywords
intermarriage, status-caste exchange, educational hypogamy

© 2017 Gina Potarca et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Educational Sorting in Mixed Marriages in Switzerland

Published Online: Dec 19, 2017

Page range: 515 - 542

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0026

Keywordsintermarriage, status-caste exchange, educational hypogamy

© 2017 Gina Potarca et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
intermarriage, status-caste exchange, educational hypogamy