The economics of divorce

Marriage and the Economy: Theory and Evidence from Advanced Industrial Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 55-74

  Lehrer, Evelyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84927085467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511615863.005     Document Type: Chapter

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