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This presentation was given at the following meetings:
- Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, March 2016
- Society for Economic Dynamics, Annual Meeting, Toulouse School of Economics, France, June 2016
- Conference in Honour of Martin Browning, Oxford, UK July 2016
- Pennsylvania State University, October 2016
- Rice-PAC, MCD CM, February 2017
- ISCTE-PAC-MCD-CM February 2017 CCM
- Royal Holloway Economics PhD Conference, May 2017
- Oslo, 2017
- Nemmers Prize Conference in Honour of Richard Blundell
Authors

Columbia University

IFS Deputy Research Director
Monica is an IFS Deputy Research Director, CPP Institute Co-director and Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol.

Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics at Yale University.
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0273
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
P, Chiappori and M, Costa Dias and C, Meghir. (2016). 'Marriage market, labor supply and education choice' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/marriage-market-labor-supply-and-education-choice-0 (accessed: 14 November 2026).
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