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Property Division upon Divorce and Household Decisions

View ORCID ProfileYuting Huang, View ORCID ProfileJuan Pantano, View ORCID ProfileHan Ye and View ORCID ProfileJunjian Yi
Journal of Human Resources, March 2023, 58 (2) 532-560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.0519-10243R3
Yuting Huang
Yuting Huang is a Lecturer at the Department of Statistics and Data Science, National University of Singapore ().
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Juan Pantano
Juan Pantano is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Arizona ().
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Han Ye
Han Ye is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Lingnan University ().
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Junjian Yi
Junjian Yi is a Professor at the China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University ().
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