TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Doorley, Karina
AU  - Dupuy, Arnaud
AU  - Weber, Simon
        TI  - The Empirical Content of Marital Surplus in Matching Models
        PY  - 2018/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11823
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11823
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - matching market
KW  - marital surplus
KW  - subjective well-being
KW  - separation
        ER  -