期刊名称：Discussion Papers in Economics / Department of Economics, Royal Holloway
出版年度：2004
卷号：2004
出版社：University of London
摘要：This paper structurally estimates an equilibrium model of the marriage market using
data from the British Cohort Study. The results suggest that both search frictions and
selective behaviour determine who marries whom and when, and that education is the most
important determinant of an individual’s attractiveness. Simulations of the model, however,
only replicate a fraction of the correlations of partners’ characteristics observed in the data,
leading us to question some assumptions commonly made in the literature. Simulations also
suggest that increased participation in education may have contributed to increased sorting
into partnerships.
