Using Norwegian administrative registries that record wealth and capital income for the whole population, and for each spouse before they marry, this paper documents that people sort at marriage not …
Bisin and Tura study the cultural integration of immigrants in Italy by estimating a structural model of marital matching embedded with intra-household decisions — fertility, socialization of …
PublishedQuarterly Journal of EconomicsOnline 13 Aug 2025Published Jan 2026
This paper asks whether dowry — a transfer from the bride's family to the groom's household upon marriage, prevalent throughout India — enables male migration by providing liquidity that compensates …