Fagereng, Andreas; Guiso, Luigi; Pistaferri, Luigi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
and assortative mating on returns is as strong as that on wealth. Third, post-marriage returns on family wealth are … largely explained by the return of the spouse with the highest pre-marriage return. This suggests that family wealth is … the wealth distribution at marriage. We use a simple analytical example to illustrate how assortative mating on wealth and …