We construct a matching model on the marriage market along more than one characteristic, where individuals have … -- BMI ; height ; wages ; earnings ; marriage market …

relationship between women's age at first marriage and marital instability. They interpreted this finding as a "poor-match" effect … evidence of the existence of this effect: women who delay marriage disproportionately make unconventional matches, which are … to first marriage has been accompanied by higher proportions of women entering marriage with 16 years of schooling or …

In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present … varies by outcome and sample. -- marriage markets ; age difference ; selection …

We analyze the interaction of race with physical and socioeconomic characteristics in the U.S. marriage market, using … white man finds a thinner spouse in a black woman. -- interracial couples ; marriage market ; BMI ; wages ; education …

observation that married men earn significantly more than their single counterparts holding all else equal (the "marriage premium … productivity. Our results show that the marriage premium also holds for baseball players, where married players earn up to 16 … men. -- marriage premium ; wage gap ; productivity ; baseball …

In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present …