Parental divorce and students' performance: Evidence from longitudinal data

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-338

  Sanz De Galdeano, Anna ^a,b   Vuri, Daniela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 34249011250     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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