Canonical Correlation and Assortative Matching: A Remark

In the context of the Beckerian theory of marriage, when men and women match on a single-dimensional index that is the weighted sum of their respective multivariate attributes, many papers in the literature have used linear canonical correlation, and related techniques, in order to estimate these weights. We argue that this estimation technique is inconsistent and suggest some solutions.

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Year of publication:	2012-10
Authors:	Dupuy, Arnaud ; Galichon, Alfred
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	assortative matching \| assignment \| marriage \| matching \| canonical correlation

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	forthcoming in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2014 Number 6942 11 pages
Classification:	C78 - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory ; D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; C13 - Estimation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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