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The Impact of Educational Attainment on First Marriage Formation: Marriage Delayed or Marriage Forgone?  

Woo, Hae-Bong (국민연금연구원)
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Korea journal of population studies / v.32, no.1, 2009 , pp. 25-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
Using the Korean labor and Income Panel Study, this study examines the impact of educational attainment on first marriage formation in Korea. In particular, this study examines whether higher education is associated primarily with delayed marriage or with a higher likelihood of never marrying. The results show that the trend toward later and less marriage is occurring at all levels of educational attainment in Korea. The data also indicated that educational attainment showed differential effects on the risk of first marriage formation for Korean men and women. For those born before 1970, both highly educated men and women delayed marriage but caught up by marrying at higher rates at later ages. However, for those born after 1970, highly educated women were increasingly more likely to show the trend toward later and less marriage, while highly educated men were more likely to delay marriage but caught up by marrying at higher rates at later ages. Overall the evidence in this study is consistent with the argument that gender divisions make it difficult for women to balance work and family in Korea.
Keywords
educational attainment; first marriage formation; birth cohort;
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