We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

between spousal personality and earnings while accounting for the potential endogeneity of the selection into marriage. Using …

We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic … marriage, and almost all of the increase in marital sorting. Differences in urbanization rates and the share of foreign …

their offspring and, through the marriage market, the socioeconomic position of their offspring?s parents-in-law. Using the … mating in the marriage market. Substantially higher estimates are reported when measurement error is accounted for. We also …

This article assesses various underlying driving factors for the evolution of household earnings inequality or 23 OECD … sorting and household structure changes contributed, albeit moderately, to increasing household earnings inequality, while … increases in men's earnings disparities, were identified as the main driver of household earnings inequality, contributing …

inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally …, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …

As the importance of capital is resurging in rich countries, the dynamics of wealth inequality are being increasingly … than labor income in explaining marriage choice. This quantitative result seems to characterize the expected lifetime … inheritance and labor income after marriage for Germany under the actual rate of return, growth rate, demographics as well as …