This paper describes Gary Becker's theoretical models of marriage. At the micro-level, these are all rational choice … possible intellectual influences on Becker's theory of marriage, compares Becker's research on marriage with that of some … scholars interested in intra-marriage distribution, and documents that Becker's students at Chicago were more interested in …

relationship, (ii) the type of partner, and (iii) the endogenously determined probability of matching. If men outnumber women, they … statement holds for women. Using data from National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health we estimate the equilibrium matching … result shows that some women would ideally not have sex, but do so out of matching concerns; the reverse is true for men …