Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173943 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. W16/09
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and the labor market. They then match based on the economic value of marriage and on preferences. Equilibrium in the marriage market determines intrahousehold allocation of resources. Following marriage households (married or single) save, supply labor and consume private and public commodities under uncertainty. Marriage thus has the dual role of providing public goods and offering risk sharing. The model is estimated using the British HPS.
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Working Paper

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