Female education and marriage dissolution: Is it a selection effect?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-707

  Bernardi, Fabrizio ^a   Martínez Pastor, Juan Ignacio ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 83455178149     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcq031     Document Type: Article

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