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Impact of Changes in Marriage Law

Implications for Fertility and School Enrollment

Prashant Bharadwaj
Journal of Human Resources, July 2015, 50 (3) 614-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.614
Prashant Bharadwaj
Prashant Bharadwaj is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California San Diego.
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vol. 50 no. 3 614-654
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.614
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received August 1, 2010
  • Accepted July 1, 2014
  • Published online July 30, 2015.
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© 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Prashant Bharadwaj is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California San Diego.
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