Did Unilateral Divorce Raise Divorce Rates? Evidence from Panel Data

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 608-627

  Friedberg, Leora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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