作者: Alison L Booth , Jeff Frank
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摘要: We develop a model of partnership and marriage based upon individual abilities match-specific returns. A theoretical result is that same-sex positively select more able individuals, while the effect unmarried heterosexual ambiguous. conduct empirical analysis with unique new data source on marital status, sexual orientation academics administrators at British universities. find statistically significant male premium, an insignificant positive partnership, no return to homosexuals. This suggests selection may play limited role in premium. also provide results cohabiting versus non-cohabiting partners, academic administrative side