Grossbard, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
abolished CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … formation and does so differently depending on education, sex ratios and parent status. CLM reduces in-couple residence, and …