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Why so only 5.5% of Black Men Marry White Women?†
Article first published online: 10 JUL 2003
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00090
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Wong, L. Y. (2003), Why so only 5.5% of Black Men Marry White Women?. International Economic Review, 44: 803–826. doi: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00090
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- Issue published online: 10 JUL 2003
- Article first published online: 10 JUL 2003
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Only 5.5% of black males married white females in 1990, and the family-income premium for intermarried black males was 7%. This article 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%, 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.