In this paper, we address the problem of estimating transport surplus (a.k.a. matching affinity) in high dimensional … optimal transport problems. Classical optimal transport theory species the matching affinity and determines the optimal joint … distribution. In contrast, we study the inverse problem of estimating matching affinity based on the observation of the joint …

This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and … socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education, using data from rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and …

This paper develops a model encompassing both Becker's matching model, and Tinbergen-Rosen's hedonic model. We study …