We develop a two-sided directed search model of relationship formation that can be used to disentangle male and female preferences over partner characteris- tics and over relationship terms from only a cross section of observed matches. Individuals direct their search for a partner on the basis...

We present a new approach to the estimation of dynamic models using panel data, not on individuals, but aggregated to some level such as the school, county or state. This approach embeds the reduced form implications of dynamic optimization for exiting a chosen state (via divorce, dropping out,...

We present a new approach to the estimation of dynamic models using panel data, not on individuals, but aggregated to some level such as the school, county or state. This approach embeds the reduced form implications of dynamic optimization for exiting a chosen state (via divorce, dropping out,...

We develop a directed search model of relationship formation which can disentangle male and female preferences for types of partners and for di fferent relationship terms using only a cross-section of observed matches. Individuals direct their search to a particular type of match on the basis of...

We develop a directed search model of relationship formation which can disentangle male and female preferences for types of partners and for different relationship terms using only a cross-section of observed matches. Individuals direct their search to a particular type of match on the basis of...