Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-201

  Björklund, Anders ^a   Ginther, Donna K ^b   Sundström, Marianne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Family structure; Parental separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846555272     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0094-7     Document Type: Article

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