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Education-Based Mating Squeezes in Austria
Education-Based Mating Squeezes in Austria
The map displays the regional (district-level) ratio of women to men holding the Matura (upper secondary school–leaving certificate granting access to higher education) at ages 20, 25, and 30 between 2011 and 2021. Ratios above 1 indicate that women outnumber men. The higher the number, the higher the squeeze (i.e. lack of highly educated men).
Publications
Publications
Metzger, S., Steiber, N., Baranowska-Rataj, A., Zilian, L. (2026): The social gradient in infant health from a couple-level perspective: Revisiting the heterogamy penalty hypothesis. OSF Preprints: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/r3tbx_v1.
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
Siegert, C., Steiber, N., Zilian, L.: How earnings and public transfers shape the educational gradient in partnered mothers’ poverty trajectories in Austria
Zilian, L., Steiber, N., Striessnig, E.: Squeezed into Hypogamy? Local Partner Markets and Educational Pairing in Newly Formed Couples
Baranowska-Rataj, A., Sandow, E., Steiber, N.: Educational Hypogamy and the Transition to Parenthood: The Moderating Role of Union Duration
Related Publications
Related Publications
Steiber, N., Lebedinski, L., Liedl, B., Winter-Ebner, R. (2026): Educational hypogamy is associated with a smaller child penalty on women's earnings. Social Science Research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103327
Steiber, N., & Siegert, C. (2026): Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: A review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Gender and Generations Survey. European Sociological Review: https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf059
Valdés, M.T., Steiber, N. (2025): Is Educational Assortative Mating Passed Down Through Generations? Evidence from Europe. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2026.101189
Presentations
Presentations
Leesch, J., Metzger, S.: The Marital Wage Premium Revisited: Heterogeneity by Union Timing, Education, and Assortative Mating.
Wittgenstein Center Conference 2026: 01.12.2026-02.12.2026, Vienna
Steiber, N.: Educational Hypogamy and the Dynamics of Partner Selection und Family Formation.
Unil Research Colloquium - Life Course and Social Inequality: 14.01.2026, Lausanne
Metzger, S., Steiber, N., Baranowska-Rataj, A., Zilian, L.: The social gradient in infant health from a couple-level perspective: Revisiting the heterogamy penalty hypothesis.
ECSR 2025: 03.09.2025-05.09.2025, Cologne
FACES 2026: 26.02.2026-27.02.2026, Munich
PAA Annual Meeting: 06.05.2026-09.05.2026, St. Louis
RC28 Spring Meeting: 20.05.2026-22.05.2026, Sevilla
EPC 2026: 03.06.2026-06.06.2026, Bologna
Hertie School Workshop on Family, Diversity and Health: 29.06.2026-30.06.2026, Berlin
Steiber, N., Striessnig E., Zilian L.: Local Mating Markets and Partnership Formation: The Role of Education-Specific Mating Squeezes.
RC28 Spring Meeting: 20.05.2026-22.05.2026, Sevilla
EPC 2026: 03.06.2026-06.06.2026, Bologna
ECSR 2025: 03.09.2025-05.09.2025, Cologne
Siegert, C., Steiber N., Zilian L.: The education-specific impact of first birth on poverty risk within couples: Evidence from Austrian register data.
ECSR 2025: 03.09.2025-05.09.2025, Cologne
RC28 Spring Meeting: 25.03.2025-27.03.2025, Milano
GIF Konferenz: 19.03.2025-21.03.2025, Rostock
Liedl, B., Steiber, N.: Child Penalty in Österreich: Heterogenität nach Bildungs- und Migrationshintergrund und die Rolle von Transferleistungen.
ÖGS Kongress: 2025. 03.06.2025-02.07.2025, Graz
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