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Testing Becker's theory of positive assortative matching

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Bidimensional matching with heterogeneous preferences : education and smoking in the marriage market

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 16 (2018) 1, pp. 161-198

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Matching with a handicap : the case of smoking in the marriage market

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2010

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 …

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Quality of available mates , education and intra-household bargaining power

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Educational assortative mating and household income inequality

Eika, Lasse; Mogstad, Magne; Zafar, Basit - 2014

We investigate the pattern of educational assortative mating, its evolution over time, and its impact on household income inequality. To these ends, we use rich data from the United States and Norway over the period 1980-2007. We find evidence of positive assortative mating at all levels of...

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