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When permitted by law, employers sometimes state the preferred age and sex of their employees in job ads. We study this … maximum age. We also document a new stylized fact we call the age twist in gender profiling: firms' explicit gender requests … of this twist can be attributed to employers' age-dependent requests for (female) beauty and (male) leadership, the …
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A woman assessing the wealth of a potential husband may observe some, but not all, of his wealth. She may screen, leading to status consumption and wasteful gift giving. The screening activity is costly not only for the potential husband, but also for the woman, as it reduces the wealth of the...
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This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears...
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age, educational attainment, marital status and presence of children above 10 years have a positive impact on female …
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Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? Weinvestigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners bymoving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danishcouples. We find that of the couples who married in the...
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