Subsidizing "stayers"? Effects of a norwegian child care reform on marital stability

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-584

  Hardoy, Inés ^a,b   Schøne, Pål ^a,b  

^a Institute for Social

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child related; Divorce; Family economics; Family policy; Marriage; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749142065     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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