The Economics of Dating: How Game Theory and Demographics Explain Dating in D.C. (Jon Birger)

Using a combination of basic economic principles, demographics, game theory, and number crunching, Jon Birger explains America’s curiously lopsided dating and marriage market among single, college‐​educated, looking‐​for‐​a‐​partner women.

Birger investigates not only the consequences of this unequal ratio of college‐​educated men to women on dating but also a host of other social issues.

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