Common genes or exogenous shock? disentangling the causal effect of paternal unemployment on children's schooling efforts

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-488

  Andersen, Signe Hald ^a  

^a 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen   (Denmark)

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EID: 84878546277     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr088     Document Type: Article

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