Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177133 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11329
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper develops a model encompassing both Becker's matching model, and Tinbergen-Rosen's hedonic model. We study its properties and provide identification and estimation strategies. Using data on internal migration in China, we estimate the model and compute equilibrium under counter-factual alternatives to decompose the migration surplus. Our findings reveal that about 1/5 of the migration surplus of migrant women is generated in the marriage market and 3/5 in the labor market. We also find that the welfare of urban men married with a migrant wife would have been 10% lower had their migrant wives not entered the urban marriage market.
Subjects: 
sorting in many local markets
marriage market
hedonic and matching models
JEL: 
D3
J21
J23
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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