The rate at which young women enter managerial /professional occupations began to rise steadily in the early1960s, when oral contraceptives first became available in the US. The fact that young mothers are comparatively rare in these occupations suggests that the advent of more effective...

We propose and estimate a model to quantify the direct and indirect effects of income tax on marital status, fertility and labor force participation. We show identification of the model and estimate it using the NLSY/79 data. We simulate different tax regimes.

extra-marital affairs.