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A note on marriage market clearing

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  • Neelakantan, Urvi
  • Tertilt, Michèle

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We provide a formula for marriage sex ratios based on birth sex ratios and dynamic factors like the marriage age gap and gender-specific mortality. We show that ignoring dynamic considerations can lead to faulty conclusions about scarcity in marriage markets.

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  • Neelakantan, Urvi & Tertilt, Michèle, 2008. "A note on marriage market clearing," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 101(2), pages 103-105, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:101:y:2008:i:2:p:103-105
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