title: [Education, birth cohort, and marriage age: a comparative analysis of marriage age in West Germany, East Germany, and the United States].
abstract: "This paper investigates how education influences marriage behavior in three countries: the United States, West Germany, and former East Germany. Following family economics we postulate that for women a longer education decreases marriage rates both during education (institutional effect) and after the degree has been obtained (human capital effect). For men family economics predicts the delaying institutional effect, too, but the human capital effect is expected to increase marriage rates. Further considerations lead to the additional hypothesis that for younger birth cohorts these sex differences should attenuate.... For the United States and West Germany the observed marriage patterns confirm our hypotheses for the most part. For East Germany, however, we observe different marriage patterns. This was expected because the institutional context in this former socialist country was a very different one." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005859:Germany, East; D005860:Germany, West; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Europe; German Democratic Republic; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Marriage; Marriage Patterns--determinants; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States; Western Europe
vernacular_title: Bildung, Geburtskohorte und Heiratsalter: eine vergleichende Untersuchung des Heiratsverhaltens in Westdeutschland, Ostdeutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten.