Hamilton, Darrick; Goldsmith, Arthur H.; Darity Jr., William - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 72 (2009) 1, pp. 30-50
The inter-racial marriage gap that opened in the past 50 years is generally attributed to a decline in the availability of young black marriageable men. We contend that the associated shortage of desirable men in the marriage market provides those black men who are sought after with the...