Union Formation Implications of Race and Gender Gaps

Albert Esteve , Luis López, Anna Cabré
CENTRE D’ESTUDIS DEMOGRAFICS (CED)

We use IPUMS international census microdata to examine the impact of gender
and race gaps in educational attainment on union formation patterns in six Latin
American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico. We
apply multivariable logistic regression models to explore (i) differences in homogamy by education and (ii) interactions between educational attainment and sex-ratio and ethnic similarity within educational group. All models control for contextual (sex-ratio, group size, and ethnic similarity within educational group) and individual factors (sex, educational attainment and ethnicity/birthplace).

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