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Online Matches Have Successful Marriages

Online Matches Have Successful Marriages Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. John Cacioppo: What about after the people meet online and they marry? Were there any statistically significant differences that you found post-marriage with respect to spouses who did meet online initially versus offline? _____ Dr. John Cacioppo Online Matches Have Successful Marriages: Not Every One There is something that I want to clarify. Just because I might meet someone online doesn’t mean that I

Educated Online Dating Pool

Educated Online Dating Pool Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. John Cacioppo: That makes sense. In terms of the demographic differences, you mentioned education. Tell us about the differences you found with respect to education and income as well as why you think that’s the case. _____ Dr. John Cacioppo Educated Online Dating Pool: Well Paid We found those who were making $75,000 and above were more likely to meet their spouse online than offline.

Find Love Online in Your 30s

Find Love Online in Your 30s Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. John Cacioppo: That is fascinating. Over a third of marriages between that span of 2005 and 2012 began online. You mentioned age. I want to highlight that. Is there any difference with respect to people in different age groups? You mentioned the demographic with a very dominant presence is the 30 to 39 year-olds. It sounds like there is a difference in prevalence

Most Marriages Start Online

Most Marriages Start Online Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. John Cacioppo: Your results revealed that a large proportion of marriages in this country now begin online. What did you find? _____ Dr. John Cacioppo Most Marriages Start Online: 35% We were really surprised. About 35% of the marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online. That’s a dramatic increase in the number of such marriages. One of the things that this implies is that online

Success in Online Dating: 4 Tips

Success in Online Dating: 4 Tips Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Paul Oyer, author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating: Yes, it’s funny with Tinder. People can be in a bar, but everyone’s on Tinder and no one is really interacting. From your experiences, what are your top three tips that you might give singles based on economic principles or your own personal experiences? _____ Paul Oyer

Future of Dating Sites

Future of Dating Sites Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Paul Oyer, author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating: That’s interesting. You had mentioned that the niche sites, given the thick market, have very small pools that may go extinct. What do you think the online dating site of the future might look like? _____   Paul Oyer Future of Dating Sites: Better Match People That’s a really

Signaling in Online Dating

Signaling in Online Dating Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Paul Oyer, author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating: In terms of the economic principles, I love how you mentioned some already. Any other economic principles that you can share with our audience, some of which will include economists like yourself, that they can really start to look at that principle and apply it to this whole dating

Attraction to Online Profiles

Attraction to Online Profiles Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Paul Oyer, author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating: Which people have you found that are most sought after on online dating sites? Have you seen any patterns on this? _____   Paul Oyer The research on this is very clear and it’s a little bit disappointing in some ways. It’s just the way human nature is. Attraction

[VIDEO] Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism – Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jasbina on Dating

[VIDEO] Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism - Matchmaker, Matchmaker - Jasbina on Dating "As a second generation, something that we grew up with is the concept of “Don’t date. Don’t date. Don’t date. Okay, get married.” It’s the whole concept of going along with parents’ experience of not really dating, and then getting married. Then there’s the “Don’t ask. Don’t tell.” I think there are a lot of Indian-Americans that are not

Economics of Online Dating

Economics of Online Dating Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Paul Oyer, author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating: Interesting. In terms of the distinction you make, I love it. If one’s self-perception is one thing, it can be difficult to cross that out. Along those lines of economic mindset, I’m wondering how else it helps give you an edge. In your experiences, how do you feel that