Market Design

I'll post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See also my Stanford profile. I have a general-interest book on market design: Who Gets What--and Why The subtitle is "The new economics of matchmaking and market design."

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Saturday, May 27, 2023

An upside to dowries, by Natalie Bau, Gaurav Khanna, Corinne Low & Alessandra Voena

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Dowries (like bride prices*) are often criticized, but may have indirect effects that aren't so easy to see, as in this recent NBER pa...

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Mixed marriage bonus in Iraq

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Iraq: $2, 000 for Shiite-Sunni Couples Who Marry "Talib and his wife are among more than 1,700 newlywed couples who have accepted cash ...

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Marriage market in Saudi Arabia: age of marriage

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Many markets unravel , that is, transactions tend to become earlier and earlier. One example is marriage markets, in which betrothals can so...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Marriage market in Iran

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The marriage market in Iran is not proceeding as planned, the Guardian reports: Premarital sex on rise as Iranians delay marriage, survey fi...

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Marriage market: dowries

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The previous post got me thinking about dowries and their role in marriage markets: the paper I like best is " Why Dowries?" Ameri...

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Friday, December 19, 2008

Marriage market: Middle East

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Head of Palestinian clan offers Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist a bride "The head of a large West Bank family wants to reward the Iraqi ...

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