Class, gender and marriage

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-575

  Hamilton, Gillian ^a   Siow, Aloysius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; History; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548699678     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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