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Joint pot or separate purses? Unpacking the cohabitation-marriage gap in income pooling across Europe

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  • Flavia Mazzeo

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

  • Nicole Hiekel

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

  • Agnese Vitali

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  • Flavia Mazzeo & Nicole Hiekel & Agnese Vitali, 2024. "Joint pot or separate purses? Unpacking the cohabitation-marriage gap in income pooling across Europe," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2024-024, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
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    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2024-024
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