Sin City? Why is the divorce rate higher in urban areas?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-456

  Gautier, Pieter A ^a   Svarer, Michael ^b   Teulings, Coen N ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

City; Divorce; Mobility; Search

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; MARRIAGE; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 69149102938     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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