the marriage market. We argue that a key advantage of this approach is that it creates a direct connection between changes … in assortativeness in marriage and changes in the value of marriage for the various possible matches by education group …

the marriage market. We argue that a key advantage of this approach is that it creates a direct connection between changes … in assortativeness in marriage and changes in the value of marriage for the various possible matches by education group …

traits. In this paper, we argue that Separate Extreme Value (SEV) models not only generate a matching function with several … relates to various "outcomes" of the post-matching relationship. Children of parents with a high human capital endowment …

We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family … the high-income earner may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by the marriage. Redistributive income … taxation may ease this problem. Income matching institutions that secure that people largely from the same income groups meet …