partners marry for money and the other where partners marry for romantic reasons orthogonal to productivity or debt. These … generate different investment incentives and therefore have a real impact on the market economy. While marrying for money … ; marriage ; cohabitation …

, the marriage market is characterized by assortative matching, and a sharing rule forms the basis of intra … sharing rules that are consistent with the collective approach. In particular, when marriage does not generate a surplus, we … show that only one sharing rule, which is purely a function of the gender wage gap, is sustainable in the marriage market …