Divorce law and family formation

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 485-503

  Drewianka, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce law; Fertility; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349100171     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0119-2     Document Type: Article

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