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 …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … changes expected at the time of the introduction. In theory, only a small fraction of newlyweds was eligible for the loan. In …

-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for … the value that intermarriage generates for their husbands. Such a "male dominance" scenario also helps explain why … immigrant men married to native daughters of immigrants from the same region get more benefits from intermarriage than other …

system of coherent migration and integration policy at the national level, so the effort tointegrate foreigners, including …

relative Lohnverbesserungen reagieren, während männliche Partner als Reaktion darauf ebenfalls ihr Arbeitsangebot erhöhen …

considered the most vulnerable population. When there is no social policy, migrants are even more susceptible to the negative … estimate factors and impacts on the workers' income in terms of integration, the results show that the major significant …' integration to help retain workers by short-term measurements from the support package's assessments and long-term measurements …

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 …