a marriage match, for instance, may depend both on the incomes and on the educations of the partners, as well as on … characteristics that the analyst does not observe. The social optimum must therefore trade off matching on incomes and matching on … set of feasible matchings and of the socially optimal matching. Then we show how data on the covariation of the types of …

We study the incentives of parents to invest in their children when these investments improve their marriage prospects …, in a frictionless marriage market with non-transferable utility. Stochastic returns to investment eliminate the …

finding, we describe a model of multi-trait matching and inheritance, in which individuals’ attractiveness in the marriage … mobility can arise if market characteristics are relatively more important in determining marriage outcomes for men than for … market leads to an increase in homogamy in the marriage market, lowering social mobility for both genders. …

of a coarse matching scheme consisting of two classes of agents on each side, in terms of matching surplus (output), the …, our philosophy is that, if the worst-case scenario under coarse matching is not too bad relative to what is achievable by … more complex, finer schemes, a coarse matching scheme will turn out to be preferable once the various transaction costs …

generated through bilateral matching of agents spanning a spectrum of types. Domestic matching is perfect – every trader knows … the type of all others and can approach any, but international matching is random – every trader lacks the information to … choose a partner’s type. Group ties, however, allow perfect matching abroad to a minority of individuals who have access to …

particular, this Paper shows that when matching is assortative and sellers’ investments precede market competition then …

This paper extends the bargaining and matching literature such as Rubinstein (1985) and Gale (1986 and 1987) by … considering a new matching process. We assume that a central information agency exists, such as job centres and newspapers in the …