Partner selection and social mobility. The impact of age, socioeconomic origin and place of birth on intergenerational social mobility in 19th century Sweden
This paper studies the relationship between partner selection and socioeconomic status (SES) attainment and mobility in five rural parishes in southern Sweden, 1815-1894. Three different aspects of partner selection are considered: age, social origin (father’s SES), and geographical origin. We use an individual level database containing information on the socioeconomic origin (parental land holdin
