(iii) the endogenously deter- mined probability of matching. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent … Health, we estimate an equilibrium matching model of high school relationships. Variation in gender ratios is used to uncover … one’s ideal relationship. The estimates show that some women would ideally not have sex, but do so out of matching …

economic activity and matching. …

This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We … partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market …

We present an equilibrium model with inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets. Women's flow value of being … sequential job search, and can choose to improve their labour market returns as well as their marriage prospects by undertaking a …

frictions and the fact that physical appearance plays an important role in attracting a marriage partner. We analyse the … interaction between frictional labour and marriage markets and establish the existence of a search equilibrium characterised by … male wage differentials. The equilibrium may also display the "marriage premium". predicted to be lower among attractive …