The fragility of estimated effects of unilateral divorce laws on divorce rates

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Jin Young ^a   Solon, Gary ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

differences in differences; functional form; unilateral divorce; weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052547497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2994     Document Type: Article

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