Is nursing home demand affected by the decline in age difference between spouses?

Demographic Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages 279-304

  Lakdawalla, Darius N ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age aging; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942750060     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2003.8.10     Document Type: Article

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