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Educational Assortative Mating in Japan

Insights into Social Change and Stratification

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Authors:
  1. Fumiya Uchikoshi

    1. Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

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  2. James M. Raymo

    1. Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

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  • Provides an understanding of how demographic shifts in marriage patterns are linked to growing socioeconomic inequality
  • Summarizes existing research on this topic in Japan and suggests future directions for this line of research
  • Compares findings from Japan with research on the USA and other countries for new theoretical and empirical insights

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)

Part of the book sub series: Population Studies of Japan (POPULAT)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo
    Pages 1-14

  3. Conceptual Issues

    • Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo
    Pages 15-28

  4. How We Evaluate Assortative Mating

    • Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo
    Pages 29-37

  5. The Japanese Context

    • Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo
    Pages 39-53

  6. Empirical Analysis

    • Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo
    Pages 55-102

  7. Conclusion and Future Directions

    • Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo
    Pages 103-115

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 117-124
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About this book

This book represents a first attempt to comprehensively discuss and investigate causes and potential implications of changing patterns of spouse pairing in Japan and to consider similarities and differences with patterns observed in the USA and other low-fertility Western societies. In this book, research on educational assortative mating in Japan is summarized and updated. This book contributes to research on the demography of contemporary Japan by overviewing theoretical and empirical linkages between marriage behavior and processes of social and economic stratification. It also extends the large body of research on assortative mating and stratification by incorporating insights from the understudied context of Japan. The authors draw upon multiple data sources – both survey and administrative data – to update and extend previous research on “who marries whom” in Japan. The wide range of consequences considered includes income inequality, the intergenerational transmission of advantage and disadvantage, marriage and fertility timing, lifelong singlehood, childlessness, and the family roles of husbands and wives. Throughout the manuscript, Japan is considered in comparative perspective by employing the large USA and international literatures on assortative mating.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo

About the authors

Fumiya Uchikoshi is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at Princeton University. His research interests include family demography, social stratification, and East Asia. His current research examines diverging family behaviors and their impact on social inequality and the consequences of newly emerging behaviors on future life course outcomes in familistic societies.

 

James M. Raymo is a professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III ‘55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Raymo is a social demographer whose research focuses on documenting and understanding the causes and potential consequences of demographic changes in Japan. His published research includes analyses of marriage timing, divorce, recession and fertility, marriage and women’s health, single mothers’ well-being, living alone, employment and health at older ages, and regional differences in health at older ages. His current research focuses on children’s well-being, changing patterns of family formation, single motherhood, and social isolation and health at older ages.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Educational Assortative Mating in Japan

  • Book Subtitle: Insights into Social Change and Stratification

  • Authors: Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3713-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3712-4Published: 07 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3713-1Published: 06 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2211-3215

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 124

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Demography, Population Economics, Genetics and Population Dynamics, Community & Population Ecology

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