Andrew Cherlin
American sociologist (born 1948)
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Andrew J. Cherlin (9 September 1948) is an American sociologist, focusing in economic disparities, currently at Johns Hopkins University and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.[1][2][3]
Cherlin argued in 2004 that marriage has evolved from a "marker of conformity" to a "marker of prestige"[4] and introduced the term "capstone model of marriage".[5]
