Date-onomics
by Jon Birger
Birger's argument that the college-educated dating market is lopsided, more women than men, and the consequences for behavior and marriage, with data by city. Provocative and numerical.
Read it if…
you want the demographic explanation for dating frustration.
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Skip it if…
you dislike treating dating as a market.
Try instead: It's Not You →
Three things you will actually use
- Ratios shape behavior.
- Markets have geography.
- Widen the pool.
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Check the sex ratio for your city and education level.
Our verdict
Dating as demographics.
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