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Job Market Signalling of Relative Position, or Becker Married to Spence

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  1. Hoppe, Heidrun C. & Moldovanu, Benny & Sela, Aner, 2006. "The Theory of Assortative Matching Based on Costly Signals," CEPR Discussion Papers 5543, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Pérez Truglia, Ricardo Nicolás, 2007. "Can a rise in income inequality improve welfare?," MPRA Paper 4700, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 22 Dec 2007. [Downloadable!]
  3. Ed Hopkins & Tatiana Kornienko, 2006. "Which Inequality? The Inequality of Resources Versus the Inequality of Rewards," Levine's Bibliography 784828000000000621, UCLA Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Friedrich Poeschel, 2008. "Assortative matching through signals," PSE Working Papers 2008-71, PSE (Ecole normale supérieure). [Downloadable!]
  5. Peters, Michael, 2006. "Truncated Hedonic Equilibrium," Micro Theory Working Papers peters-06-04-11-02-42-39, Microeconomics.ca Website, revised 03 Mar 2009. [Downloadable!]
  6. Ed Hopkins & Tatiana Kornienko, 2008. "Which Inequality? The Inequality of Endowments Versus the Inequality of Rewards," ESE Discussion Papers 185, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh. [Downloadable!]
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