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dc.creator Gautier, Pieter A.
dc.creator Svarer, Michael
dc.creator Teulings, Coen N.
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:01:21Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:01:21Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18786
dc.identifier ppn:484733923
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18786
dc.description Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are therefore prepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, the marriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extend the model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a distinction between efficient (cities) and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is that singles are more likely to move from rural areas to cities while married couples are more likely to make the reverse movement. A second prediction of the model is that attractive singles benefit most from a dense market (i.e. from being choosy). Those predictions are tested with a unique Danish dataset.
dc.language eng
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1422
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J64
dc.subject J12
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject marriage
dc.subject search
dc.subject mobility
dc.subject city
dc.subject Ehe
dc.subject Wohnungswechsel
dc.subject Landflucht
dc.subject Suchtheorie
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Dänemark
dc.title Marriage and the city
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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