Why Do Only 5.5% of Black Men Marry White Women?
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Only 5.5 percent of black males married white females in 1990, and the family-income premium for intermarried black males was 7 percent. This paper estimates the impact of the mating taboo, courting opportunities, and individual endowments on the black male marriage market. Results indicate that eliminating the mating taboo would raise the intermarriage rate from 5.5 to 64 percent, and do away with the intermarriage premium. Improving black males’ endowments or allowing black males to meet white females as frequently as they do black females would not increase intermarriage. JEL classification: J11, J12, J71, C51, C33, C63
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