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 …

signal of the quality of the match. This paper investigates the link between marriage and credit constraints. I use matching … default, banks might be willing to lend to stable couples. In presence of incomplete information, marriage could be used as a … methods to evaluate the impact of marriage on credit constraints. I find that married couples are more likely to be approved …

marriage in Western Europe and in Northern America: declining marriage rates, increase in cohabitation, increasing divorce … demand for different marital contracts. In France, since 1999, two types of marital contracts are available: the marriage and … of the age at first marriage by cohort. It detects some recent changes in the bottom of the distribution of the age at …

We model virtue as an asset on the marriage market : since men value virginity in prospective mates, preserving their …

, different-sex couples can contract either a marriage or a civil union, called a pacs. It is a new legal form of union, more … flexible than marriage. The pacs turned to be successful, 30% of new unions in 2007 were pacs. In 2005, the income taxation of … the choice to contract a pacs is determined by short-term views. Then it questions the link between marriage and civil …

Although the tax system is not marriage neutral in many countries, it has been found only slightly significant in … determining marriage decision (Buffeteau and Echevin, 2003; Alm and Whittington, 1995). This paper tests if the tax system could … either contract a marriage or a civil union (pacs). I assess the impact of taxation on the decision to contract a pacs using …