Volume 39 - Article 1 | Pages 1–32  

Mixed marriages between immigrants and natives in Spain: The gendered effect of marriage market constraints

By Amparo González-Ferrer, Ognjen Obućina, Clara Cortina, Teresa Castro Martín

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