We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … short supply. The model generates clear cut conditions regarding matching patterns. Using CPS data and its Tobacco Use … are satisfied. There are fewer "mixed" couples where the wife smokes than vice-versa, and matching is assortative on …

It is well known that female age at first marriage positively correlates with male income inequality. The common … challenges that interpretation with a novel econometric method. I utilize the fact that the female age at first marriage was …

The claim that marriage is a venue for status exchange of achieved traits, like education, and ascribed attributes …

which education affects marriage choice. First, educated people may be better able to adapt to different cultures making … matching effect). Using data from the 2000 U.S. Census, we find that controlling for the enclave effect, there is empirical … evidence for both the cultural adaptability and assortative matching effects. Our estimates also suggest that assortative …

measure of the marriage market by using data from several Censuses. Intermarriage is lower the greater the availability ratio … were previously married are more likely to intermarry. -- Immigrants ; marriage ; ethnicity/ancestry …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …