Marital disruption and economic well-being: Poverty, income and lifestyle deprivation

When Marriage Ends: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 330-357

  Aassve, Arnstein ^a   Betti, Gianni ^b   Mazzuco, Stefano ^c   Mencarini, Letizia ^a,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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