Marriage, Divorce and Sorting: A Reassessment of Unilateral Divorce Laws
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Marriage; Divorce; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Unilateral Divorce Laws;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J00 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - General
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
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