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Analyzing matching patterns in marriage : theory and application to Italian data
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Ciscato, Edoardo; Guerriero, Carla - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 15 (2024) 3, pp. 737-781
Social scientists have long been interested in marital homogamy and its relationship with inequality. However, measuring homogamy is not straightforward, particularly when one is interested in assessing marital sorting based on multiple traits. In this paper, we argue that Separate Extreme Value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053877
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An Assignment Model with Divorce and Remarriage
Chiappori, Pierre-André - 2010
We develop a two-sided matching model with positive sorting, divorce and remarriage. Match quality for each couple is … revealed ex post and those with poor draws divorce. Competition determines lifetime expected utilities but per-period utilities … depend on the laws that govern the distribution of assets upon divorce. We discuss separately cases in which remarriage is or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149312
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An assignment model with divorce and remarriage
Chiappori, Pierre-André (contributor);  … - 2008
We develop a two-sided matching model with positive sorting, divorce and remarriage. Match quality for each couple is … revealed ex post and those with poor draws divorce. Competition determines lifetime expected utilities but per-period utilities … depend on the laws that govern the distribution of assets upon divorce. We discuss separately cases in which remarriage is or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793353
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An Assignment Model with Divorce and Remarriage
Chiappori, Pierre-André - 2008
We develop a two-sided matching model with positive sorting, divorce and remarriage. Match quality for each couple is … revealed ex post and those with poor draws divorce. Competition determines lifetime expected utilities but per-period utilities … depend on the laws that govern the distribution of assets upon divorce. We discuss separately cases in which remarriage is or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012768160
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Intrahousehold Welfare : Theory and Application to Japanese Data
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Meghir, Costas; Okuyama, Yoko - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
In this paper we develop a novel approach to measuring individual welfare within households, recognizing that individuals may have both different preferences (particularly regarding public consumption) and differential access to resources. We construct a money metric measure of welfare that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635608
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Analyzing matching patterns in marriage: Theory and application to Italian data
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Ciscato, Edoardo; Guerriero, Carla - In: Quantitative Economics 15 (2024) 3, pp. 737-781
Social scientists have long been interested in marital homogamy and its relationship with inequality. However, measuring homogamy is not straightforward, particularly when one is interested in assessing marital sorting based on multiple traits. In this paper, we argue that Separate Extreme Value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015420302
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Are Intra-Household Allocations Policy Neutral? Theory and Empirical Evidence
Chiappori, Pierre-André - 2011
We develop a collective household model with spousal matching in which there exists marital gains to assortative matching and marriage quality for each couple is revealed ex post. Changes in alimony laws are shown to affect existing couples and couples-to-be differently. For existing couples,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127939
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Are intra-household allocations policy neutral? : theory and empirical evidence
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Iyigun, Murat; Lafortune, Jeanne - 2011
We develop a collective household model with spousal matching in which there exists marital gains to assortative matching and marriage quality for each couple is revealed ex post. Changes in alimony laws are shown to affect existing couples and couples-to-be differently. For existing couples,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235176
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The Marriage Market, Labor Supply and Education Choice
Chiappori, Pierre-André - 2015
We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and the labor market. They then match based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025633
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The Marriage Market, Labor Supply and Education Choice
Chiappori, Pierre-André - 2016
We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and the labor market. They then match based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986539