Common law marriage and couple formation
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- Grossbard, Shoshana & Vernon, Victoria, 2014. "Common Law Marriage and Couple Formation," IZA Discussion Papers 8480, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Common-law marriage; Couple; Couple formation; Marriage; Cohabitation; Gary Becker;
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
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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