The regularity of child support and its contribution to the regularity of income

Social Service Review

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-419

  Ha, Yoonsook ^a   Cancian, Maria ^b   Meyer, Daniel R ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 80054760118     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661923     Document Type: Article

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