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 …

born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship …

The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … abolished CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …

among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

high rates of separation and unmarried cohabitation. [Objective:] To situate (biological) childlessness in longitudinal … cohabitation near age 40; 2) Briefly Cohabited (25%), characterized by mostly living single after a brief cohabitation spell; 3 …) Cohabitors, Often Serial (19%), marked by typically discontinuous cohabitation; and 4) Married (11%). The Never-Partnered cluster …

immigrants) and 75% of the 1.5 generation (immigrated prior to age 18) chose cohabitation as first union, compared with 94% of …

states entered via the formation and dissolution of cohabitation and marriage and the birth of the first child. [Methods:] We …

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 …