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Housing wealth, marital stability and labor supply: an intertemporal analysis

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  • Bram De Rock

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Tom Potoms

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Mariia Kovaleva

    (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

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  • Bram De Rock & Tom Potoms & Mariia Kovaleva, 2025. "Housing wealth, marital stability and labor supply: an intertemporal analysis," IFS Working Papers W25/13, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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