after marriage. Instead, participants who got married reported short-term increases followed by complete adaptation back to … cohort-based analyses from a nationally representative sample. Second, these analyses do not control for pre-marriage … cohabitation, which could potentially inflate baseline levels of well-being. The original data (plus four additional waves) are …

We model virtue as an asset on the marriage market : since men value virginity in prospective mates, preserving their …

, different-sex couples can contract either a marriage or a civil union, called a pacs. It is a new legal form of union, more … flexible than marriage. The pacs turned to be successful, 30% of new unions in 2007 were pacs. In 2005, the income taxation of … the choice to contract a pacs is determined by short-term views. Then it questions the link between marriage and civil …

Although the tax system is not marriage neutral in many countries, it has been found only slightly significant in … determining marriage decision (Buffeteau and Echevin, 2003; Alm and Whittington, 1995). This paper tests if the tax system could … either contract a marriage or a civil union (pacs). I assess the impact of taxation on the decision to contract a pacs using …

a marriage match, for instance, may depend both on the incomes and on the educations of the partners, as well as on …

larger happiness gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation. This association …