Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Which and how many attributes are relevant for the sorting of agents in a matching market? This paper addresses these questions by constructing indices of mutual attractiveness that aggregate information about agents’ attributes. The first k indices for agents on each side of the market provide the best approximation of the matching surplus by a k-dimensional model. The methodology is applied on a unique Dutch household survey containing information about education, height, body mass index, health, attitude toward risk, and personality traits of spouses.
Source: Journal of Political Economy
DOI: 10.1086/677191
Authors: Arnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Universiteit Maastricht
OpenAlex ID: W2227925499