Is your love in vain? Another look at premarital cohabitation and divorce

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 523-535

  Svarer, Michael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DIVORCE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; MARRIAGE;

EID: 3042739424     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3559025     Document Type: Article

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