Open Elite? Social Mobility, Marriage, and Family in Florence, 1282–1494*

Open elite? Social mobility, marriage, and family in Florence, 1282-1494.

This article statistically analyzes quantitative data from numerous sources in order to assess changes in marriage patterns, family structure, and rates of social mobility during the period from 1282 to 1494. During this period, three systems of social stratification coexisted -- wealth, political office, and age of family -- but these contending status systems were not consistent in their rank...

Marriage and Elite Structure in Renaissance Florence , 1282

Migration, Marriage, and Social Mobility: Women in Sweden 1880-1900

We study the social mobility of women by looking at the connection between migration and marriage outcomes using complete count census data for Sweden. The censuses 1880-1900 have been linked at the individual level, enabling us to follow 100,000 women from their parental home to their new marital household. Marriage market imbalances were not an important push factor for migration but we find ...

Incarceration, Marriage, and Family Life

This paper examines the effects of incarceration on marriage and family life. The paper reports on three empirical analyses. First, estimates show that incarcerated men are only about half as likely to be married as noninstituional men of the same age, however they are just as likely to have children. By 2000, more than 2 million children had incarcerated fathers; 1 in 10 black children under a...

THE RISE OF THE POLYANDROUS HOUSE: Marriage, Kinship and Social Mobility in Rural Tsang, Tibet