Interethnic marriage: A choice between ethnic and educational similarities

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1257-1279

  Furtado, Delia ^a,b   Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnic intermarriage; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960623745     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0319-7     Document Type: Article

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