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Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are thereforeprepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, themarriage market benefits disappear while the housing...

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Sin City?

Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

Danishcouples. We find that of the couples who married in the city, the ones who stay inthe city have significant higher divorce … rates. Similarly, for the couples who marriedoutside the city, the ones who move to the city are more likely to divorce ….wiley.com/journal/122543072/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0">'Sin City? Why is the Divorce Rate Higher in Urban Areas?'</A>, in 'Scandinavian Journal …

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Simultaneous Search with Heterogeneous Firms and Ex Post Competition

Gautier, Pieter A.; Wolthoff, Ronald P. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

In this paper we study the allocation of workers over high and low productivity firms in a labor market with coordination frictions. Specifically, we consider a search model where workers can apply to high and or low productivity firms. Firms that compete for the same candidate can increase...

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Is there an incipient turnaround in Asia's "missing girls" phenomenon ?

Das Gupta, Monica - 2009

"The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention amongst researchers and policy-makers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the...

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Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services be more effective?

Das Gupta, Monica - 2005

feeding for malnourished children. To unravel this puzzle, the authors assess the program's placement and its outcomes using …

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