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Common law marriage and couple formation

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  • Shoshana Grossbard

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  • Victoria Vernon

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J10; J12; J16 Copyright Grossbard and Vernon; licensee Springer. 2014

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Volume (Year): 3 (2014)
Issue (Month): 1 (December)
Pages: 1-26

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Handle: RePEc:spr:izalbr:v:3:y:2014:i:1:p:1-26:10.1186/s40172-014-0016-y
DOI: 10.1186/s40172-014-0016-y
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Keywords: Common-law marriage; Couple; Couple formation; Marriage; Cohabitation; Gary Becker;

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  • 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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Cited by:

  1. Shoshana Grossbard, 2016. "Should common law marriage be abolished?," IZA World of Labor, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), pages 256-256, May.
  2. Shoshana Grossbard & Victoria Vernon, 2017. "Common Law Marriage and Teen Births," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 38(1), pages 129-145, March.

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