@article{fdi:010061086, title = {{A} dynamic model of the marriage market. {P}art 2 : {S}imulation of marital states and application to empirical data}, author = {{M}atthews, {A}.{P}. and {G}arenne, {M}ichel}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A} dynamic, two-sex, age-structured marriage model is presented. {P}art 1 focused on first marriage only and described a marriage market matching algorithm. {I}n {P}art 2 the model is extended to include divorce, widowing, and remarriage. {T}he model {P}roduces a self-consistent set of marital states distributed by age and sex in a stable population by means of a gender-symmetric numerical method. {T}he model is compared with empirical data for the case of {Z}ambia. {F}urthermore, a dynamic marriage function for a changing population is demonstrated in simulations of three hypothetical scenarios of elevated mortality in young to middle adulthood. {T}he marriage model has its primary application to simulation of {HIV}-{AIDS} epidemics in {A}frican countries.}, keywords = {{MARIAGE} ; {ETAT} {MATRIMONIAL} ; {AGE} {PHYSIOLOGIQUE} ; {SEXE} ; {SIMULATION} ; {MODELE} ; {ZAMBIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{T}heoretical {P}opulation {B}iology}, volume = {88}, numero = {}, pages = {86--93}, ISSN = {0040-5809}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1016/j.tpb.2013.05.002}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061086}, }