Testing Beckers Efficient Marriage Market Hypothesis And Its Implications For Spouse Selection And Marital Transfers In India

Autor:	Sonia Dalmia
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Labour economics Matching (statistics) Spouse Sorting Marriage market Economics Selection (genetic algorithm)
Zdroj:	Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER). 2
ISSN:	2157-8893 1542-4448
DOI:	10.19030/jber.v2i4.2869
Popis:	This paper constructs an empirical model of spouse selection based on Becker’s efficient marriage market hypothesis to examine how equilibrium sorting takes place in marriage markets in India. It finds that education of the groom and age of the bride has the largest effect on matching behavior in India. More importantly, it finds that marital transfers from brides and their families to grooms and their families increase the likelihood of women marrying men of similar type.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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