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Marital Roles and Declining Marriage Rates

Ira Mark Ellman
Arizona State University College of Law


December 2006

Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3, Fall 2007

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This essay is an updated, expanded and revised version of the second half of Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the Problematic Persistence of Traditional Marital Roles, published in 2000 and also available on SSRN. It draws on demographic studies and comparative research to examine the persistence of traditional marital roles and its possible relationship to declining marriage rates.

Keywords: marriage, marital roles, gender roles, marriage rates

JEL Classifications: J12, J13, J16, J18, K30, K39

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Date posted: October 03, 2007 ; Last revised: February 10, 2008

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Ellman, Ira Mark, Marital Roles and Declining Marriage Rates (December 2006). Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3, Fall 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1018141


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Ira Mark Ellman (Contact Author)
Arizona State University College of Law ( email )
Box 877906
Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
United States
480-965-2125 (Phone)
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