On the Stability of Couples

Abstract

In this article, we analyze the stability of couples on the marriage market. Recent developments in cooperative game theory allow a new model that uses team games which make it possible to model the marriage market. Coalition structures can model couples. We analyze two cases: a symmetrical one with only one type of men and one type of women; and one with several types of women and men.

Who Marries Whom and Its Impact on Household Income Inequality

“…Numerous studies on marriage theory have shown that human decision on mate selection results from a long-term, cumulative and continuous life-change process (Burdett and Coles, 1997;Choo and Siow, 2006;Lise et al, 2016). From the point of view of social structure, this process starts from the family situation of youth and youth and bifurcates when they enter different education systems (Bisin and Verdier, 2000;Hiller, 2018). Rogerson et al (2005) further divided according to workplace and work after entering the labor market.…”