Gender Inequality

Highly educated women are less likely to get married, aren't they?

A man puts an engagement ring on a woman's finger during a photo opportunity at a jewellery store in Tokyo June 2, 2009. Japanese men are increasingly spending less on diamond engagement rings or not buying them at all, a reflection of the country's sluggish economy and changing views on courtship and marriage.

A man puts an engagement ring on a woman. Image: REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Marianne Bertrand
Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Claudia Olivetti
Professor of Economics, Boston College
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 Difference in ever-married rates between high-skilled and low-skilled women from 1995 to 2010, by country
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 Relationship between skilled-unskilled marriage gaps and gender norms by gender in 2010
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