Matching

The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 365-390

  Stovel, Katherine ^a,c   Fountain, Christine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation model; Information structure; Job market; Labor market segregation; Marriage; Matching; Norms; Preferences; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888872218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199215362.013.16     Document Type: Chapter

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