The Cobb-Douglas Marriage Matching Function: Marriage Matching with Peer and Scale Effects
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چکیده
Across states, there is little correlation between a state’s marriage rate or cohabitation and own population. Within positive (no) (cohabitation) its population growth rate. The Cobb-Douglas matching function (CDMMF), which extends the Choo-Siow MMF to include peer effects, can rationalize these correlations. model easy estimate. CDMMF estimated using panel data across US states from 1990 2010. replicates above scale effects. These effects are not sufficient explain large recent declines in gains marriage.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Labor Economics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1537-5307', '0734-306X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/711491