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This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in Australia. Using a triple-difference fixed effects approach we show that existing couples are more likely to make relationshipspecific investments after being exposed to laws...
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properties of different divorce asset-division regimes are examined. A stylized common-law regime is shown to lead to fully …
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properties of different divorce asset-division regimes are examined. A stylized common-law regime is shown to lead to fully …
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This paper presents a model of the choice between marriage and cohabitation for a couple who have decided to form a …. Offsetting this, the equal sharing property division regime enables cooperative investments to be made in marriage, and so … increases the value of marriage relative to cohabitation for some couples. Overall the impact on the marriage rate is ambiguous …
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among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …
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Relationships have changed dramatically in the last fifty years. Fewer couples are marrying, more are cohabiting. Reasons for this shift abound, but the shift may have consequences of its own. A number of models predict that those cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data...
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