Divorce law reforms and divorce rates in the USA: An interactive fixed-effects approach

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-245

  Kim, Dukpa ^a   Oka, Tatsushi ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84896728179     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2310     Document Type: Article

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