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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Schwartz, Christine R. Forthcoming. "Trends and Variation in Assortative Mating: Causes and Consequences." Annual Review of Sociology.

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." Demography 49:629-650.

Karraker, Amelia, John DeLamater, and Christine R. Schwartz. 2011. "Sexual Frequency Decline from Midlife to Later Life." Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 66B(4):502-512.

Graf, Nikki L. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2011. "The Uneven Pace of Change in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships: A Comment on England." Gender & Society 25:101-107.

Schwartz, Christine R. 2010. "Pathways to Educational Homogamy in Marital and Cohabiting Unions." Demography 47:735-753.

Schwartz, Christine R. 2010. "Earnings Inequality and the Changing Association Between Spouses' Earnings ." American Journal of Sociology 115:1524-57.

Schwartz, Christine R. and Nikki L. Graf. 2009. "Assortative Matching Among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in the United States, 1990-2000 ." Demographic Research 21:843-878.

Musick, Kelly, Judith A. Seltzer, and Christine R. Schwartz. 2008. "Neighborhood Norms and Substance Use Among Teens." Social Science Research 37:138-155.

Mare, Robert D. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2006. "Educational Assortative Mating and the Family Background of the Next Generation: A Formal Analysis." Riron to Hoho (Sociological Theory and Methods) 21:253-277.

Schwartz, Christine R. and Robert D. Mare. 2005. "Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage From 1940 to 2003." Demography 42:621-646.

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PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OR IN PROGRESS

Zeng, Zhen, Christine R. Schwartz, and Yu Xie. In preparation. "Marrying Up by Marrying Down: Status Exchange of Social Origin and Education in the U.S."

Schwartz, Christine R. and Hongyun Han. 2012. "The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and Trends in Marital Dissolution." Under Review.

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? "

Gerber, Theodore P. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2009. "Assortative Mating in Russia, 1993 and 2007: Forms, Changes, and Implications for Inequality." Unpublished Manuscript.

Mare, Robert D. and Christine R. Schwartz. 2006. "Income Inequality and Educational Assortative Mating: Accounting for Trends from 1940 to 2003." Unpublished Manuscript.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Schwartz, Christine R. 2009. "Assortative Mating." Pp. 123-125 in Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher, eds., Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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

Storto, Laura, Gayle Hamilton, Christine Schwartz, and Susan Scrivener. 2000. Oklahoma City’s ET & E Program: Two-Year Implementation, Participation, Cost, and Impact Findings. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education.

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. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education.

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