THE MARRIED WIDOW: MARRIAGE PENALTIES MATTER!
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Baker, Michael; Hanna, Emily; Kantarevic, Jasmin
署名单位：
University of Toronto; National Bureau of Economic Research
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
ISSN/ISSBN：
1542-4766
DOI：
10.1162/1542476041423377
发表日期：
2004
页码：
634-664
关键词：
摘要：
Marriage penalties are a controversial feature of many government policies. Empirical evidence of their behavioral effects is quite mixed, which is surprising because economic theory predicts that they should have an impact on the headship decision. We investigate the removal of marriage penalties from the surviving spouse pensions of the Canadian public pension system in the 1980s. These reforms provide a simple and transparent source of identification. Our results indicate that marriage penalties can have large and persistent effects on marriage decisions. We also present evidence suggesting that it is individuals with characteristics correlated with greater wealth who respond to the penalties. (JEL: J1, H2)
来源URL：