Marital splits and income changes: Evidence from the british household panel survey

Population Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-254

  Jarvis, Sarah ^a   Jenkins, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; MARRIAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032839594     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720308077     Document Type: Article

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