Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants: Human capital and assortative mating

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-180

  Chiswick, Barry R ^a,b   Houseworth, Christina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Litigation Analytics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Country of Birth; Ethnicity Ancestry; Immigrants; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957530400     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-010-9099-9     Document Type: Article

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