1.
‘A Diamond is Forever’ and Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship between Wedding Expenses and Marriage Duration
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 27 Sep 2014
Working Paper Series
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Emory University - Department of Economics
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90,461
2.
Emotional Problems among Children with Same-Sex Parents: Difference by Definition
British Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science 7(2):99-120, 2015
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 13 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
The Catholic University of America
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12,184
3.
Yours, Mine and Ours: Do Divorce Laws Affect the Intertemporal Behavior of Married Couples?
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 19 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 30 Jan 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago
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2,751
4.
Identifying and Addressing the Causes of Conflict in Family Business
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 06 May 2005
Working Paper Series
Saki Partners
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2,737
5.
Covid-19, Family Stress and Domestic Violence: Remote Work, Isolation and Bargaining Power
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13332
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 15 Jun 2020
Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Working Paper Series
Carleton University, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity of Ottawa - Department of Economics, University of Ottawa and Carleton University
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2,484
6.
Does Religion Influence Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 16 Countries
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
2,228
7.
The Family's Role in Society
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Working Paper Series
Southern Virginia University
Downloads
2,081
8.
The Law of the Platform
Minnesota Law Review, 2016, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 16-212
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 07 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of San Diego School of Law
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1,920
9.
Sheltering in Place and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Calls for Service during COVID-19
Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 17 May 2020
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University
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1,831
10.
Matching and Sorting in Online Dating
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 30 Mar 2008
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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1,818
11.
Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for Children
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10503
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 22 Jan 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Illinois at Chicago
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1,634
12.
The Negative Externalities of Immorality: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage
Skepsis, Vol. 17, pp. 52-65, 2006
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 20 Jun 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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1,540
13.
Testing Theories of Happiness
Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 147
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 25 May 2003
Working Paper Series
CREMA and University of Basel
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1,531
14.
Red Families v. Blue Families
University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy, Forthcoming, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 343, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 343
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 31 Aug 2007
Last Revised: 04 May 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law
Downloads
1,517
15.
The Relationship between Religion and Views Toward Homosexuality: An Empirical Study of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,501
16.
The Wages of Sin
Columbia University Economics Discussion Paper No. 0809-16
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 11 Jun 2009
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
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1,462
17.
Black–White Differences in Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States
Economic Perspectives, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 09 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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1,420
18.
Suffering in Silence: How COVID-19 School Closures Inhibit the Reporting of Child Maltreatment
Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 17 May 2020
Last Revised: 03 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University, Department of Economics, Florida State University and Georgia College & State University
Downloads
1,406
19.
More Men, More Crime: Evidence from China's One-Child Policy
IZA Working Paper No. 3214
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 May 2008
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics
Downloads
1,405
20.
The Unexpected Harm of Same-Sex Marriage: A Critical Appraisal, Replication and Re-Analysis of Wainright and Patterson's Studies of Adolescents with Same-Sex Parents
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 04 Apr 2015
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
Working Paper Series
The Catholic University of America
Downloads
1,234
21.
Bad Arguments Against Gay Marriage
Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-42
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 25 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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1,218
22.
Has Homosexuality Become More Accepted Over Time? A Longitudinal Study of 98 Countries
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,191
23.
The Role of Exposure in Domestic Abuse Victimization: Evidence from the COVID-19 Lockdown
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 09 Sep 2020
Last Revised: 28 May 2021
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance and Metropolitan Police Service
Downloads
1,154
24.
Families under Confinement: COVID-19 and Domestic Violence
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 10 Sep 2020
Last Revised: 08 Dec 2021
Working Paper Series
School of Government, Tecnologico de Monterrey, University Anahuac Mexico, Business and Economics School and Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
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1,144
25.
Statelessness Displaced: Update on Syria’s Stateless Kurds
Statelessness Working Paper Series, No. 2
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
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1,130
26.
The Stateless Kurds of Syria: Ethnic Identity and National I.D.
Tilburg Law Review, Vol. 19, Issue 1-2, pages 171 – 181
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 11 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
Downloads
1,107
27.
The Mystery of Monogamy
Hebrew University Economics Working Paper No. 2003
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 31 Aug 2003
Working Paper Series
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
There are 3 versions of this paper
The Mystery of Monogamy
Hebrew University Economics Working Paper No. 2003
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 31 Aug 2003
Downloads
1,090
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1,090
28.
Developing an Online Dispute Resolution Environment: Dialogue Tools and Negotiation Support Systems in a Three-Step Model
Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Vol. 10, pp. 287-337, 2005
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 22 Aug 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Vrije Universiteit - Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute, alti.amsterdam and Victoria University - Victoria University of Technology
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1,070
29.
Building a Better Theory of Well-Being
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 08 Apr 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Department of Economics
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1,066
30.
Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 24, No. 1, p. 2, 2008, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 175, FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 05-26, 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 04 Oct 2005
Last Revised: 29 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy
There are 2 versions of this paper
Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 24, No. 1, p. 2, 2008, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 175, FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 05-26, 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 04 Oct 2005
Last Revised: 29 Jan 2010
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1,059
Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 2-21, 2008
Posted: 23 Jun 2008
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1,059
31.
Separation Anxiety: The Impact of CEO Divorce on Shareholders
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership No. CGRP-36
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,046
32.
Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the Problematic Persistence of Traditional Marital Roles
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 01 Jun 2000
Working Paper Series
Center for the Study of Law and Society, Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley
There are 2 versions of this paper
Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the Problematic Persistence of Traditional Marital Roles
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 01 Jun 2000
Downloads
984
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984
33.
Debiasing Desire: Addressing Bias and Discrimination on Intimate Platforms
Forthcoming in Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. v. 2 (CSCW) Article 73 (November 2018)
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 01 Oct 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Washington, School of Law, Students, Cornell University - Cornell Tech NYC, Cornell UniversityMicrosoft Research and Cornell University
Downloads
966
34.
Toward a Feminist Theory of the Rural
Utah Law Review, p. 421, 2007, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 89
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 29 Sep 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Davis - School of Law
Downloads
966
35.
Kwandhula - Cultural Engagement and Marriage in Busoga and Buganda
Stephen Kaduuli (2010) Kwandhula: Cultural Engagement and Marriage in Busoga and Buganda [Paperback] Lambert Academic Publishing
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 10 May 2007
Last Revised: 30 Jun 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Citizens for Public Justice
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943
36.
Does Marriage Make People Happy, or Do Happy People Get Married?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1811
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Basel and CREMA
Downloads
937
37.
Family Life in Lockdown
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13398
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 29 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Reading, University of Reading - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, University of Reading and University of Zurich
Downloads
926
38.
Old-Age Support in Developing Countries: Labor Supply, Intergenerational Transfers and Living Arrangements
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 23 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and School of Economics, University of Sydney
Downloads
925
39.
Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 12 Dec 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
There are 3 versions of this paper
Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 12 Dec 2003
Downloads
922
Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress
NBER Working Paper No. w10175
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 04 Jan 2004
Last Revised: 22 Apr 2022
Downloads
121
Downloads
922
40.
How Should ERISA Plans Handle Powers of Attorney and Court-Appointed Guardians and the Absence of Such Agents for Participants Lacking Capacity?
How Should ERISA Plans Handle Powers of Attorney and Court-Appointed Guardians and the Absence of Such Agents for Participants Lacking Capacity? 54 Tax Mgmt. Memo. 351 (September 9, 2013)
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 13 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 30 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Law Offices of Albert Feuer
Downloads
886
41.
Understanding Elder Abuse: New Directions for Developing Theories of Elder Abuse Occurring in Domestic Settings
Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, June 2013
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 12 Jun 2013
Last Revised: 23 Jun 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia; Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Independent
Downloads
879
42.
Monogamy and Polygyny in Greece, Rome, and World History
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 10 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Stanford University
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868
43.
Determining the Death Beneficiary Under an ERISA Plan and the Rights of Such a Beneficiary
'Determining the Death Beneficiary Under an ERISA Plan and the Rights of Such a Beneficiary', 54 Tax Management Memorandum 323 (August 26, 2013)
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 26 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Law Offices of Albert Feuer
Downloads
861
44.
Child Support Harming Children: Subordinating the Best Interests of Children to the Fiscal Interests of the State
Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2007
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 26 Mar 2008
Accepted Paper Series
University of Baltimore - School of Law
Downloads
859
45.
On the Likelihood of Finding the Right Partner in an Arranged Marriage
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 23 Jul 2001
Working Paper Series
Rochester Institute of Technology
There are 2 versions of this paper
On the Likelihood of Finding the Right Partner in an Arranged Marriage
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 23 Jul 2001
Downloads
837
Downloads
837
46.
Understanding Realistic Reconciliation in an Age of Divorce
32 VBA J. 8 (June/July 2006)
Number of pages: 3
Posted: 09 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 10 Jul 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Regent University - School of Law
Downloads
785
47.
Arranged or Love Marriage? That is the Question
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 15 May 2002
Working Paper Series
Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Texas at San Antonio - College of Business - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Arranged or Love Marriage? That is the Question
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 15 May 2002
Downloads
750
Downloads
750
48.
Gender, Geography, and Rural Justice
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, Vol. 23, p. 338, 2008, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 129
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 11 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Davis - School of Law
Downloads
743
49.
The Decline of Formal Marriage: Inevitable or Reversible?
Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2007, Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 96
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 17 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Brooklyn Law School
Downloads
740
50.
Does a Spouse Slow You Down?: Marriage and Graduate Student Outcomes
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 01 Oct 2006
Working Paper Series
Brigham Young University
Downloads
730
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