Building on standard marital matching models, we show that a variety of underlying social preferences about a given trait all generate positive assortative matching on that trait, and hence the same distribution of spousal trait differences in equilibrium. Applying this result to U.S. Census and...

Spousal characteristics such as age, height, and earnings are often used in social science research to infer social preferences. For example, a "male taller" norm has been inferred from the fact that fewer wives are taller than their husbands than would occur with random matching. The large...

Employment and job creation are key components in achieving economic growth and sustainable development, particularly in low-income countries. The growing size of the working-age population in many developing regions underscores the need to further strengthen labour market structures in the...

Este estudo analisa os determinantes do grau de escolaridade de criancas de 14 anos nas regioes urbanas de Sao Paulo e do Nordeste brasileiro, fazendo uso de dados de 1982. A media de escolaridade encontrada foi de 4,75 anos em Sao Paulo e de 3,25 anos no Nordeste, ambas bem distantes dos sete...