Who Marries Whom and Its Impact on Household Income Inequality

Abstract

We build a marriage model, using educational level as a decision variable, and conclude that each agent tends to marry someone with the same or higher education. This paper indicates that “properly matched marriage” remains the absolute mainstream pattern of Chinese families through a random matching method based on the microcosmic household survey data of “CHFS.” In addition, it has a significant impact on household income inequality.