The effect of male wage inequality on female age at first marriage

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-250

  Loughran, David S ^a  

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EID: 0036589371     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302317411505     Document Type: Review

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