The effect of divorce on parent - child contacts: Evidence on two declining effect hypotheses

European Societies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-278

  Albertini, Marco ^a   Garriga, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Divorce; Intergenerational effects of divorce; Intergenerational relations; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956319819     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2010.483002     Document Type: Article

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