Partner selection and social capital in the status attainment process.

Why is individual success so strongly affected by parental socioeconomic status? We argue that parental socioeconomic status affects the socioeconomic status of one's romantic partner, thereby partially determining one's own social capital and socioeconomic status. Censored-inflated structural equat...

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Published in:	Social Science Research Vol. 73; pp. 63 - 80
Main Authors:	Rözer, Jesper J., Brashears, Matthew E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Jul2018
Subjects:	Social capital Assortative mating Mate selection Intergenerational mobility Class differences Economic mobility
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