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Measuring the degree of assortative mating

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  • Liu, Haoming & Lu, Jingfeng, 2006. "Measuring the degree of assortative mating," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 92(3), pages 317-322, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:92:y:2006:i:3:p:317-322
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