Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia

We analyse the effect of educational attainments on interethnic marriages in Indonesia, a multi-ethnic emerging country. The empirical analysis is based on data from the Java Island obtained from the 2014 wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, combined with administrative data about the location...

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Autores: Di Paolo, Antonio, Shidiqi, Khalifany Ash
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Matrimoni mixt
Indonèsia
Educació superior
Intermarriage
Indonesia
Higher education
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spelling Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in IndonesiaDi Paolo, AntonioShidiqi, Khalifany AshMatrimoni mixtIndonèsiaEducació superiorIntermarriageIndonesiaHigher educationWe analyse the effect of educational attainments on interethnic marriages in Indonesia, a multi-ethnic emerging country. The empirical analysis is based on data from the Java Island obtained from the 2014 wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, combined with administrative data about the location and year of establishment of Higher Education Institutions (HEI). To estimate causal effects, we exploit variation in exposure to HEI by birth year and district of residence in an IV/TSLS framework. Specifically, we employ as instrument for education the number of HEI located in a radius of 10 km from the centroid of the district of residence at age 18. The analysis is carried separately for males and females. The results indicate that years of schooling, college attendance and completion positively affect the likelihood of exogamy, i.e. having a partner from a different ethnicity. The estimates are somewhat larger for females than for males (although not statistically different), and all the robustness checks provide stable results, supporting their causal interpretation. The effect of schooling is not heterogeneous depending on parental education or mixed parental ethnicity. However, it is lower for individuals with Javanese ethnicity compared to those belonging to other ethnic groups. We also analyse potential mechanisms, highlighting that migration/residential location and changes in social norms could be significant channels underlying the causal chain between higher education expansion, educational attainments, and interethnic marriages. Overall, the results point out that the increase in educational attainments induced by the expansion of higher education could contribute to the reduction of ethnic segregation.Elsevier2025202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion20 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/222790Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107080World Development, 2025, vol. 195, p. 1-20https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107080cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2227902026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
title Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
spellingShingle Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
Di Paolo, Antonio
Matrimoni mixt
Indonèsia
Educació superior
Intermarriage
Indonesia
Higher education
title_short Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
title_full Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
title_fullStr Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
title_sort Education and Ethnic Intermarriage: Evidence from Higher Education Expansion in Indonesia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Di Paolo, Antonio
Shidiqi, Khalifany Ash
author Di Paolo, Antonio
author_facet Di Paolo, Antonio
Shidiqi, Khalifany Ash
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Matrimoni mixt
Indonèsia
Educació superior
Intermarriage
Indonesia
Higher education
topic Matrimoni mixt
Indonèsia
Educació superior
Intermarriage
Indonesia
Higher education
description We analyse the effect of educational attainments on interethnic marriages in Indonesia, a multi-ethnic emerging country. The empirical analysis is based on data from the Java Island obtained from the 2014 wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, combined with administrative data about the location and year of establishment of Higher Education Institutions (HEI). To estimate causal effects, we exploit variation in exposure to HEI by birth year and district of residence in an IV/TSLS framework. Specifically, we employ as instrument for education the number of HEI located in a radius of 10 km from the centroid of the district of residence at age 18. The analysis is carried separately for males and females. The results indicate that years of schooling, college attendance and completion positively affect the likelihood of exogamy, i.e. having a partner from a different ethnicity. The estimates are somewhat larger for females than for males (although not statistically different), and all the robustness checks provide stable results, supporting their causal interpretation. The effect of schooling is not heterogeneous depending on parental education or mixed parental ethnicity. However, it is lower for individuals with Javanese ethnicity compared to those belonging to other ethnic groups. We also analyse potential mechanisms, highlighting that migration/residential location and changes in social norms could be significant channels underlying the causal chain between higher education expansion, educational attainments, and interethnic marriages. Overall, the results point out that the increase in educational attainments induced by the expansion of higher education could contribute to the reduction of ethnic segregation.
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