Health insurance and labor supply: Evidence from same‐sex couples
Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines labor supply effects of policies allowing public sector workers to include same‐sex partners in employer‐sponsored insurance plans. Unlike broader partnership recognition rights, these policies focus narrowly on insurance access.
Elisabeth Wurm
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Victims, Breeders, Joy, and Math: First Thoughts on Compensatory Spousal Payments Under the Principles [PDF]
, 2001 Article published in the Duke Journal of Gender Law and ...
Starnes, Cynthia Lee
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Fiscal policy and economic activity: new causal evidence
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Utilizing a quasi‐natural experiment design, we identify an exogenous cut in local taxes accompanied by an equivalent reduction in local government spending, and we estimate the impact of these exogenous changes on income. We exploit a unique regional dataset that combines local income data with local voting outcomes on current expense tax ...
David M. Brasington, Marios Zachariadis
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Should Moving In Mean Losing Out? Making a Case to Clarify the Legal Effect of Cohabitation on Alimony [PDF]
, 2012 As nonmarital cohabitation has skyrocketed over the last several decades, courts and legislatures have increasingly struggled to decide what legal effect an ex-spouse\u27s cohabitation with a new partner should have on the receipt of alimony payments. In
May, Emily M.
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The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza +4 more
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Alimony: What Social Science and Popular Culture Tell Us About Women, Guilt, and Spousal Support After Divorce [PDF]
, 2011 Over the past few decades, fewer divorcing women have received alimony, and when alimony awards are made, they are in declining amounts and for shorter periods of time.
McMullen, Judith G.
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How Inheritance Expectations Impact Household Savings
Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how expecting to receive an inheritance impacts household savings. Life‐cycle consumption models indicate that the expectation of inheriting should reduce current savings for forward‐thinking consumers. We investigate this economic prediction, considering factors such as liquidity constraints and education.
Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina
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Analyzing the Hindrance of Husband's Indebtednes due to Dowry and Alimony to Affordability of Ḥajj [PDF]
فقه و حقوق خانوادهAmong the rights of the wife on her husband is the right to demand dowry and alimony. Alimony is one of the husband's debts, and dowry is a religious financial debt right in most cases.
Seyyed Mahmoud Hal Atai
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Policing Protest Through Financial Sanctions: Canada and the ‘Freedom Convoy’
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT For 3 weeks in early 2022, the so‐called ‘Freedom’ Convoy took over the downtown of Canada's capital, fuelled by frustrations with the federal government over strict vaccine policies and frequent lockdowns. In response, the Prime Minister declared a national crisis and invoked the Emergencies Act.
Emily Gilbert
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Migratory Alimony: A Constitutional Dilemma in the Exercise of In Personam Jurisdiction [PDF]
, 1960 Obstacles to obtaining binding determinations of domicile often block the personal jurisdiction required for alimony adjudication. A way out of the impasse, Professor Ritz argues, is offered by the mechanism of removing cases to federal courts under the
Ritz, Wilfred J.
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