The tax regimes applied to couples in many countries including the US, France, and Germany imply either a marriage … penalty or a marriage bonus. We study how they affect the decision to get married by considering two potential spouses who … play a marriage proposal game. At the end of the game they may get married, live together without formal marriage, or split …

The tax regimes applied to couples in many countries including the US, France, and Germany imply either a marriage … penalty or a marriage bonus. We study how they affect the decision to get married by considering two potential spouses who … play a marriage proposal game. At the end of the game they may get married, live together without formal marriage, or split …

The tax regimes applied to couples in many countries including the US, France, and Germany imply either a marriage … penalty or a marriage bonus. We study how they affect the decision to get married by considering two potential spouses who … play a marriage proposal game. At the end of the game they may get married, live together without formal marriage, or split …

) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …

) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …

) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce …This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …

) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce …This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …