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Insult to Injury

Disability, Earnings, and Divorce

Perry Singleton
Journal of Human Resources, October 2012, 47 (4) 972-990; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.4.972
Perry Singleton
Perry Singleton is an assistant professor of economics at Syracuse University and a senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University
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