Poverty among same-sex couple families in the United States: Is there a premium for married couples?
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- Olga Alonso-Villar & Coral del Río, 2023. "Poverty among Same-Sex Couple Families in the United States: Is There a Premium for Married Couples?," Working Papers 2301, Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Economía Aplicada.
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Economic poverty; Same-sex couples; Sexual minorities; LGBTQ + ; Marriage;All these keywords.
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- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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