caa a22 4500 445864192 CHVBK 20180317145452.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11150-010-9089-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11150-010-9089-y Positive and negative preferences in human mate selection [Elektronische Daten] [Nicolas Vaillant, François-Charles Wolff] This paper focuses on preferences for specific characteristics in a potential partner using data from 1993 to 1999 provided by a French marriage bureau. We perform an econometric analysis of the various traits either sought or rejected in a potential partner, respectively by men and women. Our results are consistent with investment in marriage. On the one hand, men tend to reject vulgar and unfaithful women, meaning that they are likely to suffer serious fitness costs from infidelity. On the other hand, women dread meeting potential partners who are alcoholic, selfish or violent. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Human mate selection nationallicence Marriage bureau nationallicence Gender differences nationallicence Vaillant Nicolas LEM (UMR 8179 CNRS) and Université Catholique de Lille (Faculté Libre de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion), 60 bd Vauban, BP109, 59016, Lille Cedex, France aut Wolff François-Charles LEMNA, Université de Nantes, BP52231 Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, 44322, Nantes Cedex, France aut Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/2(2011-06-01), 273-291 1569-5239 9:2<273 2011 9 11150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-010-9089-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-010-9089-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vaillant Nicolas LEM (UMR 8179 CNRS) and Université Catholique de Lille (Faculté Libre de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion), 60 bd Vauban, BP109, 59016, Lille Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wolff François-Charles LEMNA, Université de Nantes, BP52231 Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, 44322, Nantes Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/2(2011-06-01), 273-291 1569-5239 9:2<273 2011 9 11150 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer