The effect of divorce laws on divorce rates in Europe

European Economic Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-138

  González, Libertad ^a   Viitanen, Tarja K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce rates; Legislation; No fault divorce; Unilateral divorce

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; LEGISLATION; POLICY REFORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 61549126945     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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