By John Morley and Yair Listokin of Yale Law School. From the abstract: “We find that although married people broadly support the law of divorce and child support as applied to their relationships, cohabiting people are more skeptical. Cohabiting people like the idea of having certain rights against third parties while their relationships remain intact, but they are hesitant about duties.”
Interesting study of personal preferences as states grapple with more people cohabiting without marriage, and with whether to grant legal status to cohabitants.