Divorce in Korea: Trends and Educational Differentials

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-126

  Park, Hyunjoon ^a   Raymo, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; economic crisis; education; Japan; Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872553922     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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