An economic model of cohabitation and divorce

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-206

  Waters, Melissa S ^a   Ressler, Rand W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Household behavior; Marital dissolution; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033211657     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(99)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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