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Meritocracy, genetics and marital sorting
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
Meritocracy, genetics and marital sorting
Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants
Principal investigators: Knowles, John A.
Keywords: social mobility; marriage; economic inequality; equilibrium models
$83,389
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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