Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/159589 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 748
Publisher: 
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Abstract: 
This paper examines how assortative matching affects graduate earnings through the choice of attending university. We build up a model where individuals decide whether to attend university for increasing both their future income and the probability to marry an educated partner. The theoretical results suggest that, as assortative matching increases, the number of graduates increases and their earnings fall. The test using the British Household Panel Survey for years 1991-2006 supports the theoretical findings.
JEL: 
I21
J12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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