Investment in schooling and the marriage market

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1689-1713

  Chiappori, Pierre André ^a   Iyigun, Murat ^b   Weiss, Yoram ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 72449187906     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.1689     Document Type: Article

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