Making yourself attractive: Pre-marital investments and the returns to education in the marriage market

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-178

  Lafortune, Jeanne ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 84878964064     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.2.151     Document Type: Article

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