show substantial bonuses for married couples and four exhibit marriage penalties. On a micro level, we find that these … marriage bonuses/penalties differ substantially across household types and income. From a policy point of view, our results … suggest that the abolishment of marriage-related tax-benefit components in countries with marriage bonuses would leave some …

structure such as life expectancy and fertility rates are becoming more similar across countries as are marriage and divorce …

contribution to inequality and poverty in Sweden, but occupy only limited space in the income inequality debate. To fill this gap …, we put a quarter of a century of rising inequality in Sweden in a new perspective by quantifying the effect of changing … household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …