allocations. In this paper we apply this solution concept for the Hospitals Residents problem with Couples (HRC). This is one of … the most important general stable matching problems due to its relevant applications, also wellknown to be NP-hard. We … show that if a stable allocation yielded by the Scarf algorithm turns outto be integral then it provides a stable matching …

In this paper, we use a two-period one-to-one matching model with incomplete information to examine the effect of … whether to stay married or to unilaterally divorce. We show that, for any society, there exist matching environments where the … probability of the marital dissolution does not reduce divorce costs under gender-optimal matching rules. In such environments, an …

We explore the importance and nature of elderly couples' labor market interlinkages, and how such linkages shape the … complementarity is required to match the data. Using our calibrated model, we find that the commonly observed tendency of couples to …