Marriage and wages: A test of the specialization hypothesis

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 299, 2008, Pages 569-591

  Bardasi, Elena ^a   Taylor, Mark ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARRIAGE; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIALIZATION; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48049085172     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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