Remarriage as a way to overcome the financial consequences of divorcea test of the economic need hypothesis for European women

European Sociological Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-407

  Dewilde, Caroline ^a   Uunk, Wilfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 47049091738     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn025     Document Type: Article

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