Lost jobs, broken marriages

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1365-1397

  Eliason, Marcus ^a,b  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Displaced workers; Divorce; Plant closure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862610400     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0394-4     Document Type: Article

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