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Robert A. Nakosteen, Olle Westerlund, Michael A. Zimmer, Marital Matching and Earnings: Evidence from the Unmarried Population in Sweden, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Autumn, 2004), pp. 1033-1044
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