Under the Civil War pension act of 1862, the widow of a Union Army soldier was entitled to a pension if her husband … died as a direct result of his military service; however, she lost her right to the pension if she remarried. I analyze the … effects of marriage penalties. In addition, it offers a unique perspective on 19th century marriage markets, which are little …

-Security-covered employment. The prevalence of double pension coverage among government employees has raised serious equity questions about the … treatment of civil servants by Social Security, and these questions have led to various suggestions for pension reform. Partly … double pension coverage of government employees. Our analysis finds: (1) Both the amount of a Federal pension entitlement and …

misleading results because the mortality distribution of husbands and wives overlap substantially. To illustrate, consider a wife …

women in developing countries face particularly severe vulnerabilities, so that excess mortality faced by the unmarried is … female mortality faced by older unmarried women in developing regions. We place these estimates in the context of the missing … age and that it is the relatively high mortality rates of these young unmarried women (compared to their married …

differences in mortality among the elderly. A secondary goal is to evaluate the strength of evidence in support of the excess … risks of mortality associated with widowhood, once we are able to eliminate or mitigate many of the limitations experienced … by other studies. Our results, based on the 1984-1990 Longitudinal Study of Aging, demonstrate that the estimated marital …

lasted at least ten years. However, if a marriage failed in less than ten years, no spousal benefits are paid. The spousal … primary worker and the secondary worker. We examine whether these couples, who have more to gain from extending their marriage …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

provision on two important demographic outcomes—childbearing and marriage. The impact on childbearing is theoretically ambiguous … childbirth. The impact on marriage is also ambiguous, as marriage rates may decrease when young adults have less need for … they are married. Changes in childbearing and marriage can, in turn, lead to changes in the likelihood of filing a tax …