Two-sided estimation of mate preferences for similarities in age, education, and religion

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 482, 2008, Pages 559-569

  Logan, John Allen ^a   Hoff, Peter D ^b   Newton, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Data augmentation; Fixed effects; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Marriage model; Mate preferences; National Survey of Families and Households; Religious homogamy; Two sided logit; Two sided matching; Two sided probit

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549098824     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000000996     Document Type: Article

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