taxation is estimated to be 29.6% of tax revenue raised. The effect of the new 10% deduction to ease the marriage tax for …

Currently U.S. Federal Income Tax schedules do not maintain marriage neutrality, that is, tax liabilities depend upon …

Marriage penalties are a controversial feature of many government policies. Empirical evidence of their behavioral … decision. We investigate the removal of marriage penalties from the surviving spouse pensions of the Canadian public pension … marriage penalties can have large and persistent effects on marriage decisions. We also present evidence suggesting that it is …

We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and outcomes across … quarter century. Marriage rates have also been falling, but more strikingly, the importance of marriage at different points in … the life cycle has changed, reflecting rising age at first marriage, rising divorce followed by high remarriage rates, and …

changed in recent decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households … members (e.g., children) or to promote marriage and fertility …

children of married parents. We propose that the gains to marriage from a child's perspective depend on a mother's own level of … school completion or avoiding poverty at age 25, the “marriage premium for children” is highest for children of mothers with … at age 25, the marriage premium is monotonically increasing with observed maternal age and education …