Why don't men pay child support? Insights from evolutionary psychology

Evolutionary Psychology, Public Policy and Personal Decisions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 217-231

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Weekes Shackelford, Viviana A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84916976178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410609892     Document Type: Chapter

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