Optimal partition of a large labor force into working pairs

Economic Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 375-395

  McCann, Robert J ^a   Trokhimtchouk, Maxim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative matching; Free boundary; Infinite dimensional linear programming; Marginals; Monge Kantorovich; Multidimensional types; Optimal decision theory; Optimal transportation; Productivity; Role; Task allocation; Wage segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749088069     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-008-0420-2     Document Type: Article

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