Booms, busts, and divorce

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hellerstein, Judith K ^a   Morrill, Melinda Sandler ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business cycles; divorce; unemployment rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052537583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2914     Document Type: Article

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