Partner supply in Britain and the US: estimates and gender contrasts

Marriage market estimates by sex and age are made for the US and England and Wales in 1990-91, using explicit data on age preferences. Availability is strongly differentiated by age and sex; it decreases with age for women, while the opposite is true for men. Decomposition shows that young women are...

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Main Authors: Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire (Author), Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005-01.
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