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Becker, Gary S.. "4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets". A Treatise on the Family, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 1991, pp. 108-134. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020665-006

Becker, G. (1991). 4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets. In A Treatise on the Family (pp. 108-134). Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020665-006

Becker, G. 1991. 4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets. A Treatise on the Family. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 108-134. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020665-006

Becker, Gary S.. "4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets" In A Treatise on the Family, 108-134. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 1991. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020665-006

Becker G. 4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets. In: A Treatise on the Family. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 1991. p.108-134. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020665-006

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface to the Enlarged Edition ix
Introduction 1
1. Single-Person Households 20
2. Division of Labor in Households and Families 30 Supplement: Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 30
3. Polygamy and Monogamy in Marriage Markets 80
4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets 108
5. The Demand for Children 135
6. Family Background and the Opportunities of Children 179
7. Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility 201
8. Altruism in the Family 277
9. Families in Nonhuman Species 307
10. Imperfect Information, Marriage, and Divorce 324
11. The Evolution of the Family 342
Bibliography 383
Index 411

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface to the Enlarged Edition ix
Introduction 1
1. Single-Person Households 20
2. Division of Labor in Households and Families 30 Supplement: Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 30
3. Polygamy and Monogamy in Marriage Markets 80
4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets 108
5. The Demand for Children 135
6. Family Background and the Opportunities of Children 179
7. Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility 201
8. Altruism in the Family 277
9. Families in Nonhuman Species 307
10. Imperfect Information, Marriage, and Divorce 324
11. The Evolution of the Family 342
Bibliography 383
Index 411

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