Economics, law, and covenant marriage

Gender Issues

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-33

  Brinig, Margaret F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346344910     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-998-0013-1     Document Type: Article

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