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Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia) "Family Economics" - Cemmap

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446 10. An equilibrium model of marriage, fertility and divorce<br />

This expression is obtained because type j consumes Y j alone and expects<br />

to consume Y j + y when married and the expected value of the quality<br />

of a new match θ in the second (and last) period is zero. Clearly, a richer<br />

person has a higher expected value from being unattached.<br />

At the end of the first period, the quality of the current match and<br />

the new income values (Y h or Y l ) for each spouse are revealed, and each<br />

partner can choose whether to stay in the current match or divorce and<br />

seek an alternative mate. An hh couple divorces if:<br />

An ll couple divorces if:<br />

2Y h + θ

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