interaction between frictional labour and marriage markets and establish the existence of a search equilibrium characterised by …We propose a theoretical explanation for the so-called "beauty premium". Our explanation is based entirely on search … frictions and the fact that physical appearance plays an important role in attracting a marriage partner. We analyse the …

is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is …

trusting and trustworthy behavior in social dilemmas is related to age and aging. A few papers use data from surveys such as … the World Values Survey to address a potential connection between trust and age. In this chapter, we will mainly focus on … age until adolescence. Trustworthiness reaches the level of adults at an earlier age (at around 15-16 years of age) than …

There is evidence that age matters in politics. In this paper we study whether implementation of affirmative action … policies on gender can generate additional effects on an alternative dimension of representation, namely, the age of … municipalities and use a Difference in differences estimation to analyze the effect of gender quotas on the age of elected …

In this paper, I propose to isolate the role of age as a self-selection factor of international migration. The role of … age is estimated on intended emigration rather than on observed outcomes of migration, using individual measures of … intended emigration drawn from a large-scale survey conducted by Gallup. I find evidence that age has a monotonic negative …

-cycle income profiles slope more strongly at the beginning and at the end of work life, such that age becomes a more prominent …

; layoffs are random and beyond the worker s influence, while the re-employment chance is directly affected by search effort. We … characterize the worker s optimal savings and job-search behavior as well as the resulting consumption paths and wealth formation …. In general, all decisions will depend on the current level of wealth: First, the choice of search effort increases as …

This paper describes a search model with a continuum of workerand job types, transferable utility and an increasing … benefitscan reduce the loss by serving as a search subsidy. The loss caused by search frictions is higher when worker types are …