Does the unemployment rate affect the divorce rate? An analysis of state data 1960-2005

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 705-715

  Amato, Paul R ^a   Beattie, Brett ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Fixed effects models; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953226214     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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