Material vs. spiritual-A novel economics perspective on marriage and divorce

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2330-2339

  Liu, Xuemei ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Effort; Marriage; Material goods; Spiritual goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349171955     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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