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Marriage and Divorce in a Model of Matching

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  • Mumcu, Ayse
  • Saglam, Ismail

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We study the problem of marriage formation and marital distribution in a two-period model of matching, extending the matching with bargaining framework of Crawford and Rochford (1986). We run simulations to find the effects of alimony rate, legal cost of divorce, initial endowments, couple and single productivity parameters on the payoffs and marital status in the society.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 1907.

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Keywords: Matching; bargaining; marriage; divorce;

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  • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
  • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure

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