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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

between spousal personality and earnings while accounting for the potential endogeneity of the selection into marriage. Using …This paper explores the effects of a spouse's personality on earnings. We build on the growing literature spanning … economics and psychology that investigates how personality traits affect one's own individual earnings. In particular, several …

between spousal personality and earnings while accounting for the potential endogeneity of the selection into marriage. Using …This paper explores the effects of a spouse's personality on earnings. We build on the growing literature spanning … economics and psychology that investigates how personality traits affect one's own individual earnings. In particular, several …

earnings, potential earnings, education, occupation). Second, we assess the contribution of assortative mating to earnings … assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in … France. The correlation coefficient for education is above 0.6. The correlation in earnings is lower but sizable: around 0 …

Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the absence of gender differences in the distribution of earnings capacity. Using … parental earnings rank, a predetermined measure of earnings capacity that solves the simultaneity problem of matching affecting … earnings outcomes, we show that hypergamy is an important feature of Norwegian mating patterns. A vignette experiment …