Table 7

Opportunities and Preferences in the Speed-Dating Market–Market Homogeneity

 AgeEducationOccupationHeightBMISmoking
Female subject
      γ00.15**
(0.03)		0.03
(0.05)		0.03
(0.05)		−0.16**
(0.04)		−0.25
(0.13)		0.69**
(0.12)
      γ10.75
(0.12)		0.96**
(0.10)		0.87**
(0.11)		0.88**
(0.09)		1.35**
(0.18)		0.28**
(0.10)
  H0 : γ0 = 0, γ1 = 1 (p-value)0.00†0.760.190.00†0.160.01†
      Observations848484848484
Male subject
      γ00.09**
(0.02)		0.02
(0.04)		−0.06
(0.03)		−0.07
(0.04)		−0.23**
(0.07)		−0.07
(0.07)
      γ10.92**
(0.07)		0.98
(0.09)		1.16**
(0.08)		0.76**
(0.07)		1.27**
(0.09)		1.11**
(0.08)
  H0 : γ0 = 0, γ0 = 1 (p-value)0.00†0.710.120.00†0.00†0.06
      Observations848484848484

  • Note: Ordinary least squares estimates; standard errors in parentheses. Figures are obtained from the estimation of Equation 7. Observations are at the meeting level. Homogeneity in attributes is defined as follows: Age: Man is at most five years older than the woman; Education: Both with less than A-level qualifications, or both with A-level (or equivalent) qualifications, or both with university degree; Occupation: Both in professional-managerial occupations, or both in skilled nonmanual occupations, or both in manual occupations or both students; Height: Man at most seven centimetres taller than the woman; BMI: Both overweight, or both normal, or both underweight; Smoking: Both smoking, or both not smoking.

  • ↵** significant at 1 percent.

  • ↵† indicates that equality is rejected (at 5 percent).