Parental disruption and the labour market performance of children when they reach adulthood

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-172

  Fronstin, Paul ^a   Greenberg, David H ^b   Robins, Philip K ^c  

^a Employee Benefit Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Labour supply; Marital disruptions; Wage rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531548     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050163     Document Type: Article

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