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Mullahs, Muslims, and Marital Sorting

Previous articleNext article No AccessConfirmations and ContradictionsMullahs, Muslims, and Marital SortingGerald W. ScullyGerald W. Scully Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 87, Number 5, Part 1Oct., 1979Part 1 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/260816 Views: 4Total views on this site Citations: 16Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1979 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Eiji Yamamura, Yoshiro Tsutsui Comparing the role of the height of men and women in the marriage market, Economics & Human Biology 26 (Aug 2017): 42–50.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2017.02.006Arnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon Canonical Correlation and Assortative Matching: A Remark, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2014).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2614919Yukichi Mano, Eiji Yamamura Influence of a Wife's Working Status on Her Husband's Accumulation of Human Capital, Asian Economic Journal 27, no.44 (Nov 2013): 323–339.https://doi.org/10.1111/asej.12017Eiji Yamamura, Yukichi Mano An Investigation into the Positive Effect of an Educated Wife on Her Husband’s Earnings: The Case of Japan in the Period between 2000 and 2003, International Advances in Economic Research 18, no.44 (Jun 2012): 409–416.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-012-9368-xArnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon Canonical Correlation and Assortative Matching: A Remark, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2012).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2162791Yukichi Mano, Eiji Yamamura Effects of Husband's Education and Family Structure on Labor Force Participation and Married Japanese Women's Earnings, Japanese Economy 38, no.33 (Dec 2011): 71–91.https://doi.org/10.2753/JES1097-203X380303Sanjaya DeSilva, Mohammed Mehrab Bakhtiar Women, Schooling, and Marriage in Rural Philippines, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2011).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1976259Chong Huang, Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu, and Junsen Zhang Why Does Spousal Education Matter for Earnings? Assortative Mating and Cross‐Productivity Huang et al., Journal of Labor Economics 27, no.44 (Jul 2015): 633–652.https://doi.org/10.1086/644746ELISA ROSE BIRCH, PAUL W. MILLER How Does Marriage Affect the Wages of Men in Australia?*, Economic Record 82, no.257257 (Jun 2006): 150–164.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00312.xLisa K. Jepsen The Relationship Between Wife’s Education and Husband’s Earnings: Evidence from 1960 to 2000, Review of Economics of the Household 3, no.22 (Jun 2005): 197–214.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-005-0710-4Leif Danziger, Shoshana Neuman On the age at marriage: theory and evidence from Jews and Moslems in Israel, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 40, no.22 (Oct 1999): 179–193.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2681(99)00055-4PAK-WAI LIU, JUNSEN ZHANG Assortative mating versus the cross-productivity effect, Applied Economics Letters 6, no.88 (Aug 1999): 523–525.https://doi.org/10.1080/135048599352862Wing Suen, Hon-Kwong Lui A DIRECT TEST OF THE EFFICIENT MARRIAGE MARKET HYPOTHESIS, Economic Inquiry 37, no.11 (Jan 1999): 29–46.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1999.tb01414.xWim P.M. Vijverberg Returns to schooling in non-farm self-employment: An econometric case study of Ghana, World Development 23, no.77 (Jul 1995): 1215–1227.https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(95)00032-8Shoshana A. Grossbard-Shechtman, Dafna N. Izraeli, Shoshana Neuman When do spouses support a career? A human capital analysis of Israeli managers and their spouses, The Journal of Socio-Economics 23, no.1-21-2 (Jan 1994): 149–167.https://doi.org/10.1016/1053-5357(94)90025-6Shoshana Neuman Parental background, educational attainments and returns to schooling and to marriage: the case of Israel, Applied Economics 23, no.88 (Jul 2006): 1325–1334.https://doi.org/10.1080/00036849100000053

A quantitative study of the determinants of fertility behavior

Recent literature shows great interest in the quantitative study of the determinants of fertility. In a similar way, this study takes an across-country approach to specify independent variables, to separate economic from social and political variables, to make distinct comparisons of fertility responses in developed and underdeveloped countries, and to examine a wide range of hypotheses. The key is empirical analysis by separate regressions. This permits direct comparisons of countries at different levels of development, increases the probability of obtaining statistically significant regression coefficients, and standardizes the analysis for factors which vary with level of development.In this way, the authors determine positive and statistically significant relations between fertility and illiteracy, child mortality, proportion of agricultural population, proportion of nonfarm selfemployment, and overcrowded housing and show a negative significant relationship between fertility and communism. The study does not establish statistically significant relations, however, for population density, social mobility, substitutes for sexual intercourse, achievement motivation, protein in the diet, and religion.In general, the signs of the regression coefficients for the separate levels of development are the same as those for all countries combined. Any failure to attain statistical significance may be explained by small sample size and insufficient variation in the variables for separate levels of development.