The empirical content of marital surplus in matching models

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This note investigates the extent to which structural estimates of marital surplus are informative about subjective well-being and separation. We first estimate the marital surplus using a simple matching model of the marriage market with perfectly transferable utility and heterogeneity in tastes applied to a rich German panel dataset. We then show that these estimates of the marital surplus are negatively correlated with separation and the difference in spouses' subjective satisfaction.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 995

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
• Subject: matching market ; marital surplus ; subjective well-being ; separation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Doorley, Karina ; Dupuy, Arnaud ; Weber, Simon
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/191349
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET