value of their current match exceeds that of remaining single. If both partners propose, the meeting ends up in a marriage … their spouses. The matching function depends on the single sex-ratios which are endogenous. Our model economy has only two … ages of first-time brides and grooms. We show that modeling the marriage decision in this simple way is sufficient to …

for this phenomenon is that wages increase with age and hence older men are more attractive in the marriage market. This … completely hold, especially in modern times. This paper shows that a marriage market equilibrium where women marry earlier in …, the average age at first marriage and the pattern of the sex ratio of single men to single women over different age groups …

value of their current match exceeds that of remaining single. If both partners propose, the meeting ends up in a marriage … their spouses. The matching function depends on the single sex-ratios which are endogenous. Our model economy has only two … ages of first-time brides and grooms. We show that modeling the marriage decision in this simple way is sufficient to …

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