Has Divorce Become a Pro-Natal Force in Europe at the Turn of the 21st Century?

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 751-775

  van Bavel, Jan ^a   Jansen, Mieke ^b   Wijckmans, Belinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Divorce; Europe; Fertility; Location scale model; Ordinal regression analysis; Remarriage; Repartnering

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; FERTILITY; HETEROGENEITY; MARRIAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84865409477     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-012-9237-6     Document Type: Article

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