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The Economics of Hypergamy

View ORCID ProfileIngvild Almås, View ORCID ProfileAndreas Kotsadam, View ORCID ProfileEspen R. Moen and View ORCID ProfileKnut Røed
Journal of Human Resources, January 2023, 58 (1) 260-281; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1219-10604R1
Ingvild Almås
Ingvild Almås is a professor at the IIES, Stockholm University and the Norwegian School of Economics.
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Andreas Kotsadam is a senior researcher at The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research and a professor at the University of Oslo ().
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vol. 58 no. 1 260-281
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1219-10604R1
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0022-166X
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  • Received December 1, 2019
  • Accepted September 1, 2020
  • Published online January 3, 2023.

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  1. Ingvild Almås,
  2. Andreas Kotsadam,
  3. Espen R. Moen and
  4. Knut Røed
  1. Ingvild Almås is a professor at the IIES, Stockholm University and the Norwegian School of Economics.
  2. Andreas Kotsadam is a senior researcher at The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research and a professor at the University of Oslo (andreas.kotsadam{at}frisch.uio.no).
  3. Espen R. Moen is a professor at The Norwegian Business School.
  4. Knut Røed is a senior researcher at The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research.
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Ingvild Almås, Andreas Kotsadam, Espen R. Moen, Knut Røed
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Ingvild Almås, Andreas Kotsadam, Espen R. Moen, Knut Røed
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