Power Couples: Changes in the Locational Choice of the College Educated, 1940-1990
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- Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn, 2000. "Power Couples: Changes in the Locational Choice of the College Educated, 1940–1990," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 115(4), pages 1287-1315.
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- R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-1999-05-10 (Education)
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