Understanding young women's marriage decisions: The role of labor and marriage market conditions

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 624-647

  Blau, Francine D ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

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DOI: 10.1177/001979390005300404     Document Type: Article

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