Marital disruption and economic well-being: A comparative analysis

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 781-799

  Aassve, Arnstein ^a,e   Betti, Gianni ^b   Mazzuco, Stefano ^c   Mencarini, Letizia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation indices; European Community Household Panel; Marital disruption; Poverty; Propensity score matching; Relative income

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250329989     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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