Is making divorce easier bad for children? the long-run implications of unilateral divorce

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 799-833

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 11144329633     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423155     Document Type: Review

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