Assortative Matching on Income

IF 6.2 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Econometrica Pub Date : 2026-06-08 DOI:10.3982/ECTA21097

Pierre-André Chiappori, Carlo Fiorio, Alfred Galichon, Stefano Verzillo

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Abstract

We analyze marital matching on income using an extremely rich Dutch data set containing all income tax files over seven years. We develop a novel methodology that directly extends previous contributions to allow for highly flexible matching patterns. Investigating all marriages that took place between 2013 and 2019, we find that marital patterns are particularly intriguing. While a majority of couples match assortatively, a small but significant minority display negative assortative matching. We also show that standard approaches, which consider all married couples using current incomes (as opposed to pre-marriage incomes used in our approach), may generate misleading conclusions.

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收入的分类匹配

我们使用一个非常丰富的荷兰数据集来分析婚姻匹配对收入的影响，该数据集包含了七年来所有的所得税文件。我们开发了一种新的方法，它直接扩展了以前的贡献，以允许高度灵活的匹配模式。调查了2013年至2019年间发生的所有婚姻，我们发现婚姻模式特别有趣。虽然大多数夫妇匹配的分类，但少数但重要的少数显示负分类匹配。我们还表明，标准方法，即考虑所有已婚夫妇的当前收入（而不是我们方法中使用的婚前收入），可能会产生误导性的结论。

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Econometrica 社会科学-数学跨学科应用

CiteScore

11.00

自引率

3.30%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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