We develop, apply, and test a new measure of the marriage tax: the reduction in future spending from getting married … path's probability. And it assumes clone marriage-marrying oneself-to ensure the living-standard loss from marrying is … unaffected by spousal choice. We calculate our marriage tax for young respondents using the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF …

affects divorce decisions. I find evidence that the ten-year rule results in a small increase in divorces for the general … population; however, the effects vary greatly by age. Divorce decisions change very little for people under the age of 35. For … increase in the likelihood of being divorced of 11.7 percent at ten years of marriage. For people between the ages of 35 and 55 …

incentives that reward marriage for some and penalize it for others. Same-sex couples, who only recently gained the right to … marry, now face the same marriage incentives that different-sex couples faced for decades. We highlight marriage incentives … affecting older couples, who have rarely been studied. Using the American Community Survey, we estimate decreases in marriage …

Social insurance is often linked to marriage. I model how such linkage affects the marriage market, and exploit Sweden …. Entry into marriage reflects a demand for survivors insurance up to 50 years before expected payout, especially among … insurance is linked to marriage, marital behavior is an integral component of couples’ strategies to plan for financial security …

affects divorce decisions. I find evidence that the ten-year rule results in a small increase in divorces for the general … population; however, the effects vary greatly by age. Divorce decisions change very little for people under the age of 35. For … increase in the likelihood of being divorced of 11.7 percent at ten years of marriage. For people between the ages of 35 and 55 …