of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we … estimate their individual marginal effective tax rate and net replacement rate before and after marriage. We show that the … marriage bonus, which is economically significant in eight European countries, decreases the work incentives for women and …

of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we … estimate their individual marginal effective tax rate and net replacement rate before and after marriage. We show that the … marriage bonus, which is economically significant in eight European countries, decreases the work incentives for women and …

fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in … countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their … likely to marry when they are unemployed during recession. Although we find effects on marriage we cannot observe any effects …

unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this … Black Death did not have to remain unmarried, so improved pastoral opportunities did not necessitate later marriage. There … is no consensus that late female marriage emerged after the Black Death. Furthermore, the relationship between …

agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are … bargaining model of fertility choice and match the model to data from a set of European countries with very low fertility rates …. The distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers turns out to be a key determinant of fertility. A …

We investigate the determinants of the fertility decline in Europe from 1830 to 1970 using a newly constructed dataset … of linguistic distances between European regions. We find that the fertility decline resulted from a gradual diffusion of … new fertility behavior from French-speaking regions to the rest of Europe. We observe that societies with higher education …

At the individual level, we test the adjustment of the female age at marriage (FAM) to the economic conditions that the … supporters of the “European Marriage Pattern” assume. For a typical French village, we collect exhaustive data on families and … marriage contracts as well as accurate measurements of economic conditions. After control for wealth, stem household and social …

This paper scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. A … the EMP and its sources must therefore be sought in other factors. -- European Marriage Pattern ; nuptiality ; household …