How does marriage affect the wages of men in Australia?

Economic Record

Volumn 82, Issue 257, 2006, Pages 150-164

  Birch, Elisa Rose ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MARRIAGE; WAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33744454456     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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