Marital instability and female labor supply

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 463-481

  Özcan, Berkay ^a   Breen, Richard ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Divorce; Independence hypothesis; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864219074     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145457     Document Type: Review

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