Human capital and interethnic marriage decisions

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-93

  Furtado, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCULTURATION; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 84855420370     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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