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Income Taxation of U.S. Households: Basic Facts
Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use micro data from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to document how households' tax liabilities vary with income … children. The data reveals a large dispersion in tax rates and taxes paid. Ranking households according to the average tax … married and 31.8% of unmarried households do not pay any taxes. Given the progressivity in the system, tax liabilities are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854769
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Income taxation of US households: Basic facts
Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo - 2011
We use micro data from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to document how households' tax liabilities vary with income … children. The data reveals a large dispersion in tax rates and taxes paid. Ranking households according to the average tax … married and 31.8% of unmarried households do not pay any taxes. Given the progressivity in the system, tax liabilities are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278342
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Taxing Women: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
are preferred by a majority of households. Nevertheless, welfare gains are higher when the U.S. tax system is replaced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294831
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Technology and the Changing Family: A Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment and Married Female Labor-Force Participation
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Economie d'Avant Garde - 2011
. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225990
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Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 348-53
Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010773934
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Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014
Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851409
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: A Macroeconomic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2012
Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their children against its costs. Churches and states may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851427
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Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2014
Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating a¤ects household income inequality. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070860
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Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Economie d'Avant Garde - 2013
Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011162529
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Technology and the Changing Family: a Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce Educational Attainment and Married Female Labor-Force Participation
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2015
. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167018