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The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women

David S. Loughran and Julie M. Zissimopoulos
Journal of Human Resources, March 2009, 44 (2) 326-349; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.2.326
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vol. 44 no. 2 326-349
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.2.326
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received March 1, 2007
  • Accepted December 1, 2007
  • Published online April 13, 2009.
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© 2009 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. David S. Loughran and
  2. Julie M. Zissimopoulos

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