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Marriage, education and assortative mating in Latin America

Ina GanguliSITE, Stockholm School of Economics, SE-113 83Stockholm, Sweden;Center for International Development and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA02138, USA
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Ricardo HausmannCenter for International Development and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA02138, USA
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Martina ViarengoCenter for International Development and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA02138, USA;The Graduate Institute, Geneva1202, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 806-811 | Published online: 01 Apr 2014

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