Beauty vs. earnings: Gender differences in earnings and priorities over spousal characteristics in a matching model

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-259

  Bjerk, David ^a  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauty; Gender inequality; Marriage; Matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249097713     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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