Educational assortative matching encourages individuals to acquire education so as to increase the probability of …-education emerges, as in absence of educational assortative matching individuals could reach their optimal level of education by … exploiting less educational resources. Over-education is stronger the higher the probability of educational assortative matching …

Which and how many attributes are relevant for the sorting of agents in a matching market? This paper addresses these … indices for agents on each side of the market provide the best approximation of the matching surplus by a k-dimensional model … marriage market is not unidimensional: individuals face important trade-offs between the attributes of their spouses which are …

Changing distributions of male and female types affect the measurement of education-based marriage market sorting. We …

Changing distributions of male and female types affect the measurement of educationbased marriage market sorting. We …

have resulted in lower birth and marriage rates. Increasing educational attainment may affect marriage patterns through the …