How do marital status, work effort, and wage rates interact?

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 623-647

  Ahituv, Avner ^a   Lerman, Robert I ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 37249080694     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0021     Document Type: Article

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