Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185283 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11823
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This note investigates the extent to which structural estimates of marital surplus are informative about subjective well-being and separation. We first estimate the marital surplus using a simple matching model of the marriage market with perfectly transferable utility and heterogeneity in tastes applied to a rich German panel dataset. We then show that these estimates of the marital surplus are negatively correlated with separation and the difference in spouses' subjective satisfaction.
Subjects: 
matching market
marital surplus
subjective well-being
separation
JEL: 
C78
D1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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