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from intermarriage vanish and do not differ from premiums from marriage between immigrants. However, immigrants who …
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or for married women. We suggest a marriage market mechanism through which male BMI and earnings are positively related … traits are more relevant in the marriage market than the corresponding male traits. -- Body Size ; Labor Supply ; Earnings … ; Marriage …
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We construct a matching model on the marriage market along more than one characteristic, where individuals have … -- BMI ; height ; wages ; earnings ; marriage market …
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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 …
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from intermarriage vanish and do not differ from premiums from marriage between immigrants. However, immigrants who …
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We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of …
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This paper explores the role of marriage when markets are incomplete so that individuals cannot diversify their … love. Is love more important to a lasting marriage than economic compatibility? To answer this question, I develop a simple … model where rational individuals meet, enjoy the economic and non-pecuniary benefits of marriage (i.e. love), and then must …
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with intermarriage, i.e., marriage to a spouse from the host country. Specifically, I analyse the association between …
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We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...
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and native marriage for several reasons. Intermarried couples may specialize less due to smaller comparative advantages …
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