Joint custody laws and mother's welfare: Evidence from the US
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Keywords
joint custody laws; bargaining; difference in difference;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2016-06-14 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2016-06-14 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2016-06-14 (Law and Economics)
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