Why do People Get Married? An Inframarginal Perspective
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Keywords
Marriage; Origin; Division; Transaction cost; Infra-marginal;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General
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