Positive Assortative Mating and Spouses as Complementary Factors of Production: A Theory of Labor Augmentation
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- Peter Groothuis & Paul Gabriel, 2010. "Positive assortative mating and spouses as complementary factors of production: a theory of labour augmentation," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(9), pages 1101-1111.
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