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J<\/strong>OURNAL<\/strong> A<\/strong>RTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Schwartz, Christine R. and Michael D. King. 2026. \u201cThe Changing Role of Mothers\u2019 Status in Children\u2019s College Completion<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0American Sociological Review <\/em>91(1):123-157.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gonz\u00e1lez-Velast\u00edn, Rodrigo and Christine R. Schwartz. 2025. \u201cThe Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in the United States and Deaths of Despair: Trends from 1979 to 2022<\/a>.\u201d Population and Development Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mazzeo, Flavia, Christine R. Schwartz, Stefani Scherer, Agnese Vitali. 2024. \u201cTrends in Women\u2019s Educational Advantage and Divorce in East and West Germany<\/a>.\u201d Comparative Population Studies. <\/em>49:317-336.<\/p>\n

Hirschl, Noah, Christine R. Schwartz, and Elia Boschetti. 2024. \u201cEight Decades of Educational Assortative Mating: A Research Note<\/a>.\u201d Demography. <\/em>61(5):1293-1307.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R., Rodrigo Gonz\u00e1lez-Velast\u00edn, and Anita Li. 2023. \u201cLifetime Years Married Held Steady for Men with a BA Degree Since 1960 but Dropped to Lowest Level Since 1880 for Men Without a BA<\/a>.\u201d Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. <\/em>120(28) e2301983120.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. 2023. \u201cRobert Mare\u2019s Legacy: Advances in the Study of Assortative Mating<\/a>.\u201d Research in Social Stratification and Mobility<\/em>. 88:100804.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Musick, Kelly, Pilar Gonalons-Pons, and Christine R. Schwartz. 2022.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cChange and Variation in U.S. Couples\u2019 Earnings Equality Following Parenthood<\/a>.\u201d Population and Development Review<\/em>.\u00a048(2):413-443.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Schwartz, Christine R., Yu Wang, and Robert D. Mare. 2021. \u201cOpportunity and Change in Occupational Assortative Mating<\/a>.\u201d Social Science Research.\u00a0<\/em>99:102600.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Pubmed,\u00a0https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34429208\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gonalons-Pons, Pilar, Christine R. Schwartz, and Kelly Musick. 2021. \u201cChanges in Couples\u2019 Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality<\/a>.\u201d Demography<\/em>.\u00a058(3):1093\u20131117.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R., Catherine Doren, and Anita Li. 2020. \u201cYears Spent as Mothers of Young Children: The Role of Completed Fertility, Birth Spacing, and Multiple Partner Fertility<\/a>\u201d Pp. 237-256 in Analyzing Contemporary Fertility, <\/em>edited by Robert Schoen. New York, NY: Springer.\u00a0SocArXiv, DOI: 10.31235\/osf.io\/eztn7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Smock, Pamela J. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2020. \u201cThe Demography of Families: A Review of Patterns and Change<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Marriage and Family\u00a0<\/em>81:9-34.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Van Bavel, Jan, Christine R. Schwartz, and Albert Esteve. 2018. \u201cThe Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and its Consequences for Family Life<\/a>.\u201d Annual Review of Sociology\u00a0<\/em>44:341-360.<\/p>\n

Wang, Yu and Christine R. Schwartz. 2018. “Hukou<\/em> Intermarriage and Social Exclusion in China<\/a>.”\u00a0Research in Social Stratification and Mobility\u00a0<\/em>56:28-39.<\/p>\n

Gonalons-Pons, Pilar and Christine R. Schwartz. 2017. “The Growing Economic Resemblance of Spouses: Changes in Assortative Mating or the Division of Labor in Marriage?<\/a>” Demography<\/em> 54(3):985-1005.<\/p>\n

Esteve, Albert, Christine R. Schwartz, Jan van Bavel, I\u00f1aki Permanyer, Martin Klesment, and Joan Garcia-Roman. 2016. “The End of Hypergamy: Global Trends and Implications<\/a>.” Population and Development Review<\/em> 42(4):615-25.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R., Zhen Zeng, and Yu Xie. 2016. “Marrying Up by Marrying Down: Status Exchange of Social Origin and Education in the U.S.<\/a>” Sociological Science\u00a0<\/em>3:1003-1027.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Pilar Gonalons-Pons. 2016. “Trends in Relative Earnings and Marital Dissolution: Are Wives Who Outearn Their Husbands Still More Likely to Divorce?<\/a>”\u00a0RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences<\/em> 2(4):218-36.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Hongyun Han. 2014. “The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and Trends in Marital Dissolution<\/a>.” American Sociological Review<\/em> 79(4):605-29.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. 2013. “Trends and Variation in Assortative Mating: Causes and Consequences<\/a>.” Annual Review of Sociology<\/em> 39:451-70.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Robert D. Mare. 2012. “The Proximate Determinants of Educational Homogamy: The Effects of First Marriage, Marital Dissolution, Remarriage, and Educational Upgrading<\/a>.” Demography<\/em> 49:629-650.<\/p>\n

Karraker, Amelia, John DeLamater, and Christine R. Schwartz. 2011. “Sexual Frequency Decline from Midlife to Later Life<\/a>.” Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences<\/em> 66B(4):502-512.<\/p>\n

Graf, Nikki L. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2011. “The Uneven Pace of Change in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships: A Comment on England<\/a>.” Gender & Society<\/em> 25:101-107.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. 2010. “Pathways to Educational Homogamy in Marital and Cohabiting Unions<\/a>.” Demography<\/em> 47:735-753.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. 2010. “Earnings Inequality and the Changing Association Between Spouses’ Earnings<\/a>.” American Journal of Sociology<\/em> 115:1524-57.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Nikki L. Graf. 2009. “Assortative Matching Among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in the United States, 1990-2000<\/a>.” Demographic Research<\/em> 21:843-878.<\/p>\n

Musick, Kelly, Judith A. Seltzer, and Christine R. Schwartz. 2008. “Neighborhood Norms and Substance Use Among Teens.<\/a>” Social Science Research<\/em> 37:138-155.<\/p>\n

Mare, Robert D. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2006. “Educational Assortative Mating and the Family Background of the Next Generation: A Formal Analysis.<\/a>” Riron to Hoho\u00a0<\/em>(Sociological Theory and Methods<\/em>) 21:253-277.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Robert D. Mare. 2005. “Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage From 1940 to 2003.<\/a>” Demography<\/em> 42:621-646.<\/p>\n

Shared Files: <\/strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for data and documentation for selected articles above.<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>APERS <\/strong>U<\/strong>NDER <\/strong>R<\/strong>EVIEW OR<\/strong> I<\/strong>N<\/strong> P<\/strong>ROGRESS <\/strong><\/p>\n

Gerber, Theodore P., Laura Eras, Christine R. Schwartz. 2025. \u201cMarket Transition and Increasing Homogamy:\u00a0 Educational Assortative Mating in Russia 1991-2017.\u201c Under review.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Pamela J. Smock. 2025. \u201cHalf of All Marriages End in Divorce: Is this Still True in the United States?\u201d Paper presented at the 2025 Population Association of America Meetings, Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R., Pamela J. Smock, and Anita Li. In Progress. \u201cInterpreting the Divorce Decline in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Esteve, Albert, Christine R. Schwartz, Elena Franzetti, Agnese Vitali, Joan Garcia. 2024. \u201cMore Educated but Still Earning Less: Education, Occupation, and Income Hypogamy in Europe.\u201d Paper presented at the 2023 Population Association of America meetings, New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n

Mazzeo, Flavia, Christine R. Schwartz,,<\/sup> Stefani Scherer, Agnese Vitali. In Progress. \u201cTrends in Relative Earnings and Divorce in East and West Germany.\u201d Poster presented at the Population Association of America Meetings, Columbus, OH.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. and Nikki L. Graf. 2010. “Can Differences in Partner Availability Explain Differences in Interracial\/Ethnic Matching Between Same- and Different-Sex Couples? <\/a>”<\/p>\n

Mare, Robert D. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2006. “Income Inequality and Educational Assortative Mating: Accounting for Trends from 1940 to 2003.” Unpublished Manuscript.<\/p>\n

O<\/strong>THER <\/strong>P<\/strong>UBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. 2014. “It’s Not Just Attitudes: Marriage is Also Becoming More Egalitarian.<\/a>” Pg. 16-18 in Council on Contemporary Families Gender Rebound Symposium.<\/em> New York: Council on Contemporary Families.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, Christine R. 2009. “Assortative Mating.” Pg. 123-125 in Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher, eds., Encyclopedia of Human Relationships.<\/em> Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.<\/p>\n

Michalopoulos, Charles and Christine Schwartz. 2000. What Works Best for Whom: Impacts of 20 Welfare-to-Work Programs by Subgroup.<\/em> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n

Storto, Laura, Gayle Hamilton, Christine Schwartz, and Susan Scrivener. 2000. Oklahoma City\u2019s ET & E Program: Two-Year Implementation, Participation, Cost, and Impact Findings. <\/em>U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n

Scrivener, Susan, Gayle Hamilton, Mary Farrell, Stephen Freedman, Daniel Friedlander, Marisa Mitchell, Jodi Nudleman, and Christine Schwartz. 1998. Implementation, Costs, and Two-Year Impacts of the Portland (Oregon) Welfare-to-Work Program.<\/em> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n