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Over the past few decades, matching models, which use mathematical frameworks to analyze allocation mechanisms for heterogeneous products and individuals, have attracted renewed attention in both theoretical and applied economics. These models have been used in many contexts, from labor markets to organ donations, but recent work has tended to focus on "nontransferable" cases rather than matching models with transfers. In this important book, Pierre-André Chiappori fills a gap in the literature by presenting a clear and elegant overview of matching with transfers and provides a set of tools that enable the analysis of matching patterns in equilibrium, as well as a series of extensions. He then applies these tools to the field of family economics and shows how analysis of matching patterns and of the incentives thus generated can contribute to our understanding of long-term economic trends, including inequality and the demand for higher education.

Families --- Marriage --- Matching theory. --- Economic aspects. --- Becker-Coase theorem. --- Choo-Siow model. --- Gale-Shapley algorithm. --- Low model. --- Pareto weights. --- Roe v. Wade. --- Spence-Mirrlees condition. --- abortion. --- allocation. --- applied economics. --- assortative matching. --- bargaining models. --- birth control. --- comparative statics. --- cupid framework. --- divorce. --- econometrics. --- education. --- equilibrium. --- family economics. --- family formation. --- female empowerment. --- gender differences. --- hedonic equilibrium. --- hedonic models. --- heterogeneity. --- heterogeneous products. --- heteroskedasticity. --- higher education. --- household behavior. --- imperfectly transferable utility. --- income. --- individual utilities. --- inequality. --- intrafamily allocation. --- intrahousehold allocation. --- labor markets. --- marriage market. --- marriage. --- matching models. --- matching. --- metric spaces. --- multidimensional matching. --- nontransferable utility. --- optimal transportation. --- organ donations. --- positive assortative matching. --- preinvestment. --- remarriage. --- risk sharing. --- roommate matching. --- separability assumption. --- stability. --- supermodularity. --- transferable utility. --- transfers. --- wages.