Men on Tinder do not appear to be intimidated by highly educated women, according to new research.
New research has found no evidence that men have an aversion to a highly educated romantic partner in general.
The study, published in the journal Economics of Education Review, indicated that both men and women on Tinder tended to prefer better educated partners — though women were far more selective.
https://www.psypost.org/2019/08/men...ducated-women-according-to-new-research-54187
Journal Reference:
Brecht Neyt, Sarah Vandenbulcke, Stijn Baert,
Are men intimidated by highly educated women? Undercover on Tinder,
Economics of Education Review, Volume 73, 2019, 101914, ISSN 0272-7757,
Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775719301104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101914.
IF: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=19692&tip=sid
Highlights
• Women on Tinder are more selective than men on Tinder.
• Women on Tinder have a preference for highly educated men.
• Men on Tinder are not intimidated by highly educated women.
• On Tinder, preferences for educational assortative mating are absent.
Abstract:
In this study, we examine the impact of an individual's education level on her/his mating success on the mobile dating app Tinder.
To do so, we conducted a field experiment on Tinder in which we collected data on 3,600 profile evaluations. In line with previous research on mating preferences from multiple fields, our results indicate a heterogeneous effect of education level by gender: while women strongly prefer a highly educated potential partner, this hypothesis is rejected for men. In contrast with recent influential studies from the field of economics, we do not find any evidence that men would have an aversion to a highly educated potential partner. Additionally, in contrast with most previous research – again from multiple fields – we do not find any evidence for preferences for educational assortative mating, i.e. preferring a partner with a similar education level.