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Title: Employment and the Sex Ratio in a Two-Sided Model of Marriage
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Seitz, Shannon |
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Employment and the Sex Ratio in a Two-Sided Model of Marriage Working Paper, Department of Economics, The University of Western Ontario, April 2000. Also: http://www.econ.queensu.ca/pub/faculty/ferrall/niepa/papers/seitz.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Economics Department, Queens University Keyword(s): Household Models; Income Distribution; Marriage; Sex Ratios; Transfers, Family Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The implications of changes in the sex ratio for marriage and employment decisions are considered in a dynamic, general equilibrium model of marriage. As a measure of demand and supply conditions in the marriage market, the sex ratio influences the allocation of income within married households and the ease with which single agents contact prospective spouses. The structural parameters of the full two-sided model are estimated using a panel of young men and women from the U.S. Preliminary results indicate the role of the sex ratio on intra-household transfers is negligible; however, the effect of the sex ratio on search frictions for those facing limited marriage market opportunities is substantial. Together, these effects have the potential to account for the dramatic differences in family structure and employment behavior across race and sex in the U.S. |
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Seitz, Shannon. "Employment and the Sex Ratio in a Two-Sided Model of Marriage." Working Paper, Department of Economics, The University of Western Ontario, April 2000. |