Should common law marriage be abolished?
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Keywords
common law marriage; couple formation; marriage; labor supply; fertility; civil unions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- K36 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Family and Personal Law
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