Women's earnings before and after marital dissolution: Evidence from longitudinal earnings records matched to survey data

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-82

  Tamborini, Christopher R ^a   Iams, Howard M ^a   Reznik, Gayle L ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative earnings data; Divorce; Earnings; Family status change; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857787167     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-011-9264-1     Document Type: Article

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