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Mating Markets

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  • Salanié, Bernard
  • Chiappori, Pierre-André

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This is the first draft of a chapter prepared for the Handbook Family Economics, Shelly Lundberg and Alessandra Voena eds, Elsevier North Holland.

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  • Salanié, Bernard & Chiappori, Pierre-André, 2021. "Mating Markets," CEPR Discussion Papers 16041, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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    Keywords

    Family economics; Marriage; Divorce; Human capital;
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure

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