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Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility

View ORCID ProfileMassimo Anelli, View ORCID ProfileOsea Giuntella and View ORCID ProfileLuca Stella
Journal of Human Resources, March 2024, 59 (2) 443-469; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1020-11223R1
Massimo Anelli
Massimo Anelli is at Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University ().
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Osea Giuntella
Osea Giuntella is at University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics ().
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Luca Stella
Luca Stella is at Freie Universität Berlin and the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies ().
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