Match quality, new information, and marital dissolution

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Weiss, Yoram ^a   Willis, Robert J ^a  

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EID: 0040517050     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209864     Document Type: Article

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