How does the marriage market clear? An empirical framework

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1121-1155

  Siow, Aloysius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAMINE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARRIAGE; MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SICHUAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53349160367     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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