Personality traits and the marriage market

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1271-1319

  Dupuy, Arnaud ^a   Galichon, Alfred ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84920365136     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677191     Document Type: Article

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