The "wedding-ring": An agent-based marriage model based on social interaction

Demographic Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-81

  Billari, Francesco C ^a   Prskawetz, Alexia ^b   Diaz, Belinda Aparicio ^b   Fent, Thomas ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

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EID: 34547699244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.3     Document Type: Article

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