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Does marriage really matter?

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Getting married will not improve your child's development, according to evidence from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Gavin Poole, director of the Centre of Social Justice, debate the socio-economic importance of marriage.


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