A direct test of the efficient marriage market hypothesis

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-46

  Suen, Wing ^b   Lui, Hon Kwong ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040799980     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1999.tb01414.x     Document Type: Article

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