Nonstandard work and marital instability: Evidence from the national longitudinal survey of youth

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1289-1300

  Kalil, Ariel ^a   Ziol Guest, Kathleen M ^b   Levin Epstein, Jodie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Institute for Children and Poverty   (United States)

^c Center for Law and Social Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Husbands' employment; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY); Wives' employment; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957231786     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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