What makes you click?-Mate preferences in online dating
What makes you click?-Mate preferences in online dating
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DOI：
10.1007/s11129-010-9088-6
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Ariely, Dan
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作者：
Hitsch, Guenter J.;Hortacsu, Ali;Ariely, Dan
我们使用来自在线约会服务的新数据集来估计配偶偏好。数据集包含用户属性的详细信息，以及在查看潜在伴侣的个人资料后联系他或她的决定。这一决定为我们的偏好估计方法提供了基础。如果网站用户策略性地掩盖了他们的真实偏好，就会出现一个潜在的问题。我们提供了一个简单的测试和偏差校正方法的战略行为。主要发现是：（1）没有证据表明存在战略行为。(ii)男人和女人对沿着的许多（但不是全部）属性有强烈的偏好。(iii)特别是，该网站的用户显示出强烈的同种族偏好。在不同年龄、收入或教育水平的用户中，女性的种族偏好没有差异，男性的种族偏好也只有轻微差异。对于男性，而不是女性，显示的同种族偏好对应于用户配置文件中陈述的同种族偏好。(iv)在择偶偏好方面存在性别差异;特别是，女性比男性更偏好收入而不是身体特征。
We estimate mate preferences using a novel data set from an online dating service. The data set contains detailed information on user attributes and the decision to contact a potential mate after viewing his or her profile. This decision provides the basis for our preference estimation approach. A potential problem arises if the site users strategically shade their true preferences. We provide a simple test and a bias correction method for strategic behavior. The main findings are (i) There is no evidence for strategic behavior. (ii) Men and women have a strong preference for similarity along many (but not all) attributes. (iii) In particular, the site users display strong same-race preferences. Race preferences do not differ across users with different age, income, or education levels in the case of women, and differ only slightly in the case of men. For men, but not for women, the revealed same-race preferences correspond to the same-race preference stated in the users' profile. (iv) There are gender differences in mate preferences; in particular, women have a stronger preference than men for income over physical attributes.