The economics of child custody

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 289, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Rasul, Imran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DIVORCE; MARRIAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 33646590009     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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