title: Income taxes and the timing of marital decisions.
abstract: "In this paper we estimate the impact of the [U.S.] federal individual income tax on the timing of marital decisions.... Using household data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, we estimate various models of the probability of delaying marriage as a function of the change in tax burden caused by marriage (as well as several other variables). We find that there is a significant positive relationship between the marriage penalty in a year and the probability of delaying marriage until the following year. The magnitude of the effect, however, is small."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005376:Financial Management; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013660:Taxes; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Financial Activities; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Patterns--determinants; Marriage Postponement--determinants; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Dynamics; Taxation; Time Factors; United States