Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution, and the Economic Status of Women.
The rise in the divorce rate over the past 40 years is one of the fundamental changes in American society. A substantial number of women and children now spend some fraction of their life in single female-headed households, leading many to be concerned about their economic circumstances. Estimating...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 411 - 435 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Spring2005
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