Marriage migration: Just another case of positive assortative matching?

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-275

  Çelikaksoy, Aycan ^a   Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^b   Verner, Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assortative matching; Compensating differentials; Exchange theory; Homogamy; Marriage migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748304288     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-006-0006-3     Document Type: Article

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