The effects of child-bearing on women's marital status: Using twin births as a natural experiment

Economics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 133-138

  Jacobsen, Joyce P ^a   Pearce III, James Wishart ^b   Rosenbloom, Joshua L ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Univ Kansas Natl Bur Economic R   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce; Fertility; J12; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035545443     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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