We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market for household consumption … patterns. We start by defining a revealed preference characterization of efficient household consumption when the marriage is … stable. In particular, stability means that the marriage matching is individually rational and has no blocking pairs. We show …

We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market for household consumption …. We define a revealed preference characterization of efficient household consumption when the marriage is stable …. Stability means that the marriage matching is individually rational and has no blocking pairs. We characterize stable marriage …

In this paper, we study marriage formation through a two-sided secretary problem approach. We consider individuals with … characteristics. We show that individuals with a higher universal characteristic tend to be more picky in their marriage hunting. This …

In this paper we study marriage formation through a two-sided secretary problem approach. We consider individuals with … characteristics. We show that individuals with higher universal characteristic tend to be more picky in their marriage hunting. This …

highlight the importance of the marriage market in the determination of cultural homogeneity (“melting pot”) versus …

that additionally may prevent divorces by demonstrating the potential for Pareto-improvements within marriage to the …

among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

well as members of adjacent generations linked by marriage (in-laws) are modeled as self-interested agents offering or … and happiness of in-family caregivers could be enriched by taking account of material in-marriage transfers that the … their counterparts in the South. Their families are also likely to pay lower dowries at the time of marriage, which is …