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Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love?

The Effect of Random Income Shocks on Marriage and Divorce

Scott Hankins and Mark Hoekstra
Journal of Human Resources, March 2011, 46 (2) 403-426; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.46.2.403
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vol. 46 no. 2 403-426
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.46.2.403
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received November 1, 2009
  • Accepted July 1, 2010
  • Published online February 24, 2011.
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© 2011 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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