Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192230 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 247
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
In this paper, we examine the dynamic properties of a particular demographic model. An essential part of the model is the marriage function which is derived from assumptions about the behavior of women and men in a market where each individual is looking for a suitable partner. By means of simulation experiments we investigate different aspects of the model. Specifically, we find that it is difficult to determine parameters related to preferences, birth and death rates, such that a non-trivial stable equilibrium is attained.
Subjects: 
Two-sex demographic models
Marriage function
Birth rates
Non-trivial equilibria
JEL: 
C78
J11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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