We develop a model of the household in which spousal incomes are determined by pre-marital investments, the marriage …-marital investment and intra-household allocations are efficient. We also show that, for each couple, the marriage market generates a … sex ratios in the marriage market …

, 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 …

This paper explains a stylized fact about the correlation between rising wage inequality and declining marriage rates … equilibrium in which the whole marriage market is divided into distinct groups and only people in the same group will marry each … other. Using IPUMS data from 1970 to 2000, our estimates show that in past decades the U.S. marriage market experienced a …

marry or cohabitate. Marriage encourages but does not ensure a higher level of spousal commitment, which in turn can … prefer to act with commitment in marriage are matched with someone who has the same preference. In such an equilibrium, the …-matching equilibria in which a partner who is willing to act with commitment in marriage is matched with someone who is not. In all such …

In the marriage problem (two-sided one-to-one matching problem), it is well-known that the weak core, the strong core … equivalence of the G-weak core and the G-strong core. -- marriage problem ; G-weak core ; G-strong core …