期刊名称：Discussion Paper Series / Department of Economics, New York University
出版年度：2010
卷号：2010
期号：1
出版社：New York University
摘要：We investigate in this paper the theory and econometrics of optimal matchings with com-
peting criteria. The surplus from a marriage match, for instance, may depend both on the
incomes and on the educations of the partners, as well as on characteristics that the analyst
does not observe. The social optimum must therefore trade o
matching on incomes and
matching on educations. Given a
exible speci cation of the surplus function, we charac-
terize under mild assumptions the properties of the set of feasible matchings and of the
socially optimal matching. Then we show how data on the covariation of the types of the
partners in observed matches can be used to estimate the parameters that de ne social
preferences over matches. We provide both nonparametric and parametric procedures that
are very easy to use in applications.
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