Income effects of divorce in families with dependent children

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-461

  Bratberg, Espen ^a   Tjøtta, Sigve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child custody; Income changes; Marital dissolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349106395     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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