Educational assortative mating and earnings inequality in the United States

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 808-843

  Breen, Richard ^a   Salazar, Leire ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 80555145805     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661778     Document Type: Article

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