We study a matching model with heterogeneous agents, nontransferable utility and search frictions. Agents differ along … specifications can be treated as a case of horizontal heterogeneity only. -- Matching ; Horizontal Differentiation ; Marriage Markets …

This paper develops a novel model of marital sorting on income potentials: In the marriage market, people are matching … find there is strong positive assortative matching on wage growth rates, which helps explain the correlated wage residuals … for married couples. Households' market intensity and specialization arrangements are not affected when matching is …

terms of mate choice. I use a multidimensional search and matching model which allows people to choose their partner … unidimensional marriage index then I implement a multidimensional matching model to allow for complementarities in characteristics of … effects of taxation on matching patterns. I compare individual and joint taxation of the household gain and show that joint …