Assortative mating by education and postponement of couple formation and first birth in Britain and Sweden

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-113

  Gustafsson, Siv ^a   Worku, Seble ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; First birth; Human capital; Marriage market; Union formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 16444385403     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-004-0981-1     Document Type: Article

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