Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2005-02-03
Number: 05-015/3
Author-Name: Pieter A. Gautier
Author-Email: gautier@tinbergen.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Author-Name: Michael Svarer
Author-Email: michael@svarer.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Aarhus
Author-Name: Coen N. Teulings
Author-Email: c.teulings@seo.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Amsterdam, SEO
Title: Marriage and the City
Abstract: Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are thereforeprepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, themarriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extendthe model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a distinction between efficient (cities)and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is thatsingles are more likely to move from rural areas to cities while married couples aremore likely to make the reverse movement. A second prediction of the model is thatattractive singles benefit most from a dense market (i.e. from being choosy). Those predictions are tested with a unique Danish dataset.<P>This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <A href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WMG-4X723VP-1&_user=499884&_coverDate=09%2F13%2F2009&_rdoc=15&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236934%239999%23999999999%2399999%23FLA%23display%23Articles)&_cdi=6934&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=21&_acct=C000024499&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=499884&md5=5d5d51c9f76ce01962838181f65be481">'Journal of Urban Economics'</A>, 67(2), 206-18.
Classification-JEL: J12; J64
Keywords: Marriage; search; mobility; city
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