Lady and the trump: Status and wealth in the marriage market

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-181

  Almenberg, Johan ^a,b   Dreber, Anna ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 65449147096     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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