Back to Baseline in Britain: Adaptation in the British Household Panel Survey

Economica

Volumn 80, Issue 319, 2013, Pages 496-512

  Clark, Andrew E ^a,b   Georgellis, Yannis ^c  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879603390     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12007     Document Type: Article

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