A university lecturer in the US has revealed he believes his professional life gave him a unique advantage in his personal experiences on online dating sites.

Paul Oyer of Stanford University started dating via the internet after 20 years off the market and soon realised his work as an economics professor was useful.

Indeed, he suggested some of the theories he had been teaching in the classroom immediately helped him when it came to chatting to women.

"After my first date, the thing that triggered in my mind is that this is all about markets. And in the intervening 20 years between when I first dated and now, I'd learned a lot about markets," Mr Oyer told SFGate.

He has even released a book on the subject, entitled Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Economics I Learned From Online Dating.

Statisticians and engineers are behind all dating sites, so it stands to reason they are the ones who might be best to operate on them.ADNFCR-2867-ID-801675868-ADNFCR

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