END OF THE SUCCESS GAP? “The success gap for women age 40-44 declined significan

http://www.econ.washington.edu/user/erose/hypergamy_solew.pdfTHE END OF THE SUCCESS GAP?

“The success gap for women age 40-44 declined significantly in the 1980’s and 1990’s. In fact, according to some measures, the gap has disappeared.

Hypergamy has declined as well. What has changed is that marriage rates for the less educated have declined precipitously, although the patterns differ for blacks and for whites. I also track education-marriage and education-motherhood profiles.”