We develop a model where selection into marriage and household search generate a
marital wage premium. Beyond selection, married individuals earn higher wages for two …

We develop a new equilibrium model in which households' labour supply choices form the
link between sorting on the marriage market and sorting on the labour market. We first show …

We propose and estimate a model of family job search and wealth accumulation with data
from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). This dataset reveals a very …

We analyze matching markets with stochastic characteristics: agents' payoff-relevant
characteristics are realized after matching takes place, and matches are formed based on ex …

Health insurance in the United States for the working age population has traditionally been
provided in the form of employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI). If employers offered …

We use a simple structural matching model with unobserved heterogeneity to produce
counterfactual marriage patterns, and thus quantify the contribution of changes in marital …

We study the interplay of job search and family dynamics in a heterogeneous agents model.
Empirical evidence for the US shows that married households have higher wages and lower …

An active debate concerns the direction of change in assortative matching on education in
the US, because different measures yield different conclusions. To identify appropriate …