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Personality traits and the marriage market

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  • Arnaud Dupuy

    (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)

  • Alfred Galichon

    (Département d'économie)

Abstract

Which and how many attributes are relevant for the sorting of agents in a matching market? This paper addresses these questions by constructing indices of mutual attractiveness that aggregate information about agents' attributes. The first k indices for agents on each side of the market provide the best approximation of the matching surplus by a k -dimensional model. The methodology is applied on a unique Dutch household survey containing information about education, height, body mass index, health, attitude toward risk, and personality traits of spouses. [First lines]

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  • Arnaud Dupuy & Alfred Galichon, 2014. "Personality traits and the marriage market," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/361levbcs39, Sciences Po.
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    Keywords

    matching market; agents' attributes; marriage;
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    JEL classification:

    • D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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