Belot, Michèle and Francesconi, Marco (2013) 'Dating Preferences and Meeting Opportunities in Mate Choice Decisions.' Journal of Human Resources, 48 (2). pp. 474-508. ISSN 0022-166X
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Much empirical evidence shows that female and male partners look alike along a variety of attributes. It is, however, unclear how this positive sorting comes about because marriage is an equilibrium outcome arising from a process that entails searching, meeting, and choosing one another. This study takes advantage of unique data to shed light on the forces driving choices at the earliest stage of a relationship. Both women and men value physical attributes, such as age and weight, and reveal that their dating choices are assortative along several traits. Importantly, meeting opportunities have a substantial role in determining dating proposals.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Elements |
Depositing User: | Elements |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2013 11:58 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 00:25 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7523 |
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