We propose a marriage model where assortative matching results in equilibrium for reasons other than those driving similar results in the search and matching literature. A marriage is a joint venture where husband and wife contribute to the couple’.s welfare by allocating their time to portfolios of risky activities. Men and women are characterised by different preferences over risk and the optimal match is between partners with same level of risk aversion. In our model no two men (women) rank the same woman (men) as most desirable. Given that there is no unanimous ranking of candidates, everyone marries in equilibrium their most preferred partner.
Elective affinities / DI CAGNO, DANIELA TERESA; E., Sciubba. - In: THEORETICAL ECONOMICS LETTERS. - ISSN 2162-2078. - 1:3(2011), pp. 134-136. [10.4236/tel.2011.13028]
Titolo: | Elective affinities | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2011 | |
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Citazione: | Elective affinities / DI CAGNO, DANIELA TERESA; E., Sciubba. - In: THEORETICAL ECONOMICS LETTERS. - ISSN 2162-2078. - 1:3(2011), pp. 134-136. [10.4236/tel.2011.13028] | |
Abstract: | We propose a marriage model where assortative matching results in equilibrium for reasons other than those driving similar results in the search and matching literature. A marriage is a joint venture where husband and wife contribute to the couple’.s welfare by allocating their time to portfolios of risky activities. Men and women are characterised by different preferences over risk and the optimal match is between partners with same level of risk aversion. In our model no two men (women) rank the same woman (men) as most desirable. Given that there is no unanimous ranking of candidates, everyone marries in equilibrium their most preferred partner. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11385/17038 | |
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