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Marriage and the City

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Pieter A. Gautier () (Faculty of Economics and Business Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Michael Svarer () (University of Arhus)
Coen N. Teulings () (Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam, SEO)

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Abstract

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are therefore prepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, the marriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extend the model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a distinction between efficient (cities) and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is that singles are more likely to move from rural areas to cities while married couples are more likely to make the reverse movement. A second prediction of the model is that attractive singles benefit most from a dense market (i.e. from being choosy). Those predictions are tested with a unique Danish dataset.

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Keywords: Marriage search mobility city

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J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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  1. Pieter A. Gautier & Michael Svarer & Coen N. Teulings, 2007. "Sin City?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 07-021/3, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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    • Pieter A. Gautier & Michael Svarer & Coen N. Teulings, 2007. "Sin City," IZA Discussion Papers 2632, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
    • Gautier, Pieter A & Svarer, Michael & Teulings, Coen N, 2007. "Sin City?," CEPR Discussion Papers 6170, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Michael Svarer, 2006. "Working late: Do Workplace Sex Ratios Affect Partnership Formation and Dissolution?," Economics Working Papers 2006-09, School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus. [Downloadable!]
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