Why does Spousal education matter for earnings? Assortative mating and cross-productivity

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-652

  Huang, Chong ^a   Li, Hongbin ^b   Liu, Pak Wai ^c   Zhang, Junsen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 73449083063     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644746     Document Type: Article

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