Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
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- Boxho, Claire & Donald, Aletheia & Goldstein, Markus & Montalvao, Joao & Rouanet, Léa, 2020. "Assortative matching in Africa: Evidence from rural Mozambique, Côte d’Ivoire, and Malawi," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
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Educational Sciences; Gender and Development; Climate Change and Agriculture; Crops and Crop Management Systems; Telecommunications Infrastructure;All these keywords.
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- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
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