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Parental Loss and Children’s Well-Being

Lea Gimenez, Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu and Jin-Long Liu
Journal of Human Resources, October 2013, 48 (4) 1035-1071; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.4.1035
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