These are large differences
03 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage Tags: dating markets, economics of fertility, marriage and divorce
The Anatomy of Marital Happiness
22 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, economics of love and marriage, industrial organisation, labour economics, population economics Tags: dating markets, economics of fertility, marriage and divorce, marriage premium
How can I not link to a new Sam Peltzman piece on such a topic? Here goes: Since 1972, the General Social Survey has periodically asked whether people are happy with Yes, Maybe or No type answers. Here I use a net “happiness” measure, which is percentage Yes less percentage No with Maybe treated as […]
The Anatomy of Marital Happiness
Jane Austen was wrong: women don’t marry up for money and status
10 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in economics of love and marriage, economics of marriage, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, poverty and inequality Tags: dating markets, gender wage gap, marriage and divorce, sex discrimination
A new study debunks the myth of the gold-digging wife, finding that women are no more likely to marry above their social class than menBy Ben Spencer, Science Editor of The Sunday Times. Excerpts:”The young pretty women who seek to “marry up” for money and status, from the Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice to…
Jane Austen was wrong: women don’t marry up for money and status
If You Date Me, You Date My Debt
27 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, law and economics Tags: College premium, dating markets, marriage and divorce
Romance can pose challenges to those with large credit balances, student loans or other financial obligationsBy Julia Munslow of The WSJ. Excerpts:”For daters, debt can be a turnoff. In a 2024 survey from the Achieve Center for Consumer Insights, 64% of respondents said they wouldn’t want to date someone with a lot of debt.””The economics…
If You Date Me, You Date My Debt
Creative destruction in dating
14 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, law and economics Tags: dating markets, marriage and divorce
24 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Dating Preferences Drive Human Evolution
29 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: dating markets, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, marriage and divorce
The biggest gender wage gap anomaly explained from the professional women’s point of view
18 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: dating markets, gender wage gap
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT FOR MEN TO TAKE RISKS – William von Hippel | men must die trying while women’s patience is rewarded
18 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, gender, health economics, human capital, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, population economics, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: dating markets, evolutionary psychology, marriage market
Bitterness isn’t new to women’s movements, sadly
03 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, law and economics Tags: dating markets, feminism
Men are just as shallow and women just as picky in more egalitarian countries
02 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: dating markets, marriage and divorce
Women Working: What’s the Pill Got to Do With It?
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, Richard Posner Tags: dating markets, marriage and divorce
Still research grants out there to show men show-off more, and mostly to impress the opposite sex
09 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, gender Tags: dating markets
Evolutionary Perspective on Attraction
05 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: dating markets, marriage and divorce
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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