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Marriage data show a strong degree of positive assortative mating along a variety of attributes. But since marriage is …
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In this paper the hypothesis that partnerships between immigrants and natives are less specialized - in the sense that spouses provide similar working hours per weekday - than those between immigrants is tested. The empirical analysis relies on panel data using a two-limit random effects tobit...
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We construct a matching model on the marriage market along more than one characteristic, where individuals have …
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We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of …
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from intermarriage vanish and do not differ from premiums from marriage between immigrants. However, immigrants who …
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We analyze the interaction of race with physical and socioeconomic characteristics in the U.S. marriage market, using …
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decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …) or to promote marriage and fertility …
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This paper develops a new equilibrium model of two-sided search where ex-ante heterogenous individuals have general payoff functions and vectors of attributes. The analysis applies to a large class of models, from the non-transferable utility case to the collective household case with...
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This chapter reviews the literature on marriage in developing countries. We describe how marital matching occurs; the … trends in age at marriage; assortative mating patterns; marriage payments; and spousal decision-making after a marriage has …
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hypothesis that homeownership probabilities can be affected by marriage market expectations and pessimistic marriage market … that up to a certain threshold, the probability of homeownership decreases when the marriage market prospect indicator …
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