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The Empirical Content of Marital Surplus in Matching Models. ESRI DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 11823, September 2018

Doorley, Karina and Dupuy, Arnaud and Weber, Simon (2018) The Empirical Content of Marital Surplus in Matching Models. ESRI DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 11823, September 2018. [Discussion Paper]

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    Abstract

    This note investigates the extent to which structural estimates of marital surplus are informative about subjective well-being and separation. We first estimate the marital surplus using a simple matching model of the marriage market with perfectly transferable utility and heterogeneity in tastes applied to a rich German panel dataset. We then show that these estimates of the marital surplus are negatively correlated with separation and the difference in spouses’ subjective satisfaction.

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    Item Type: Discussion Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: matching market, marital surplus, subjective well-being, separation
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Ireland
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > general
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    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Discussion Paper
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 26 Dec 2019 13:19
    Number of Pages: 21
    Last Modified: 26 Dec 2019 13:19
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/101786

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