Positive and negative preferences in human mate selection
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Positive and negative preferences in human mate selection
This paper focuses on preferences for specific characteristics in a potential partner using data from 1993 to 1999 provided by a French marriage bureau. We perform an econometric analysis of the various traits either sought or rejected in a potential partner, respectively by men and women. Our results are consistent with investment in marriage. On the one hand, men tend to reject vulgar and unf...
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Economics of the Household
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1569-5239,1573-7152
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-010-9089-y