Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status

In this paper we investigate the effect of relative income on marital status. We develop an identity model based on Akerlof and Kranton (2000) and apply it to the marriage decision. The empirical evidence is consistent with the idea that people are more likely to marry when their incomes approach a

本文探究相对收入对婚姻状况的影响。基于阿克洛夫与克兰顿（Akerlof and Kranton，2000）的研究，本文构建身份认同模型，并将其应用于婚姻决策分析。实证结果与“当个体收入趋近于某一时，其结婚可能性更高”这一观点相符。