Marriage laws and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-298

  Schoellman, Todd ^e   Tertilt, Michèle ^e   Weil, David ^a   Mokyr, Joel ^b   Doepke, Matthias ^c   Hoffman, Philip T ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Gal Tech

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744524113     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282806777211982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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