Stand together or alone? Family structure and the business cycle in Canada

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 135-161

  Ariizumi, Hideki ^a   Hu, Yaqin ^a   Schirle, Tammy ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Canada; Divorce; Family structure; Marriage; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877249750     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-013-9195-8     Document Type: Article

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