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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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