Marrying up: The role of sex ratio in assortative matching

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 124-157

  Abramitzky, Ran ^a   Delavande, Adeline ^b,c   Vasconcelos, Luis ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 79953088939     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.3.124     Document Type: Article

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