No-fault divorce laws and the labor supply of women with and without children

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 247-274

  Genadek, Katie R ^a   Stock, Wendy A ^a   Stoddard, Christiana ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; LABOR SUPPLY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33846964900     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xlii.1.247     Document Type: Article

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