Education, matching, and the allocative value of Romance

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 744-775

  Booth, Alison ^a   Coles, Melvyn ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953510477     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea_a_00003     Document Type: Article

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