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Article: A direct test of the efficient marriage market hypothesis

TitleA direct test of the efficient marriage market hypothesis
Authors
Suen, WLui, HK
KeywordsBusiness and economics
Issue Date1999
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0095-2583
Citation
Economic Inquiry, 1999, v. 37 n. 1, p. 29-46 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1999.tb01414.x
AbstractThis paper takes Becker 's efficient marriage market hypothesis at face value, and directly confronts it with data from Hong Kong. The theory of optimal assignment is used to develop an empirical model of spouse selection, which resembles a Tobit model. This model can address positive or negative assortative matching as well as marginal product pricing in marriage markets. We also use a computer algorithm to solve the assignment problem for imputed marital output. The degree to which the actual pairing of husbands and wives corresponds to the optimal pairing provides a goodness-of-fit test of the efficient marriage market hypothesis. (JEL, C51, C61, C78, J12).
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/48704
ISSN
0095-2583
2023 Impact Factor: 1.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.159
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000078737600003
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dc.description.abstractThis paper takes Becker 's efficient marriage market hypothesis at face value, and directly confronts it with data from Hong Kong. The theory of optimal assignment is used to develop an empirical model of spouse selection, which resembles a Tobit model. This model can address positive or negative assortative matching as well as marginal product pricing in marriage markets. We also use a computer algorithm to solve the assignment problem for imputed marital output. The degree to which the actual pairing of husbands and wives corresponds to the optimal pairing provides a goodness-of-fit test of the efficient marriage market hypothesis. (JEL, C51, C61, C78, J12).en_HK
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