On the economic determinants of prostitution: marriage compensation and unilateral divorce in U.S. states
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Keywords
Prostitution; unilateral divorce; difference-in-difference; marriage compensation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
- K15 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Civil Law; Common Law
- K36 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Family and Personal Law
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