Highly educated women marry less: An analysis of female marriage rates in Spain

South European Society and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-302

  Pastor, Juan Ignacio Martínez ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Education; Event history analysis; Marriage; Piecewise constant exponential model with period effects; Women

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 53249097420     PISSN: 13608746     EISSN: 17439612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13608740802346577     Document Type: Article

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