common perception that while contemporary law and policy aim to facilitate equality within marriage, including in the area of …, unintended but profound gender disparity embedded in the federal law governing retirement plans in this country. It explores the … step may be somewhat inconsistent with the view of marriage as a partnership, it minimizes the risk that one spouse will …

This paper presents a model of the choice between marriage and cohabitation for a couple who have decided to form a …. Offsetting this, the equal sharing property division regime enables cooperative investments to be made in marriage, and so … increases the value of marriage relative to cohabitation for some couples. Overall the impact on the marriage rate is ambiguous …