This paper accepts the thesis that marriage decisions reflect rational behavior based on weighing benefits and costs. It develops a concept of a marriage price that measures the excess services one spouse provides to the other when there are differences in the number of men and women seeking...

This paper accepts the thesis that marriage decisions reflect rational behavior based on weighing benefits and costs. It develops a concept of a marriage price that measures the excess services one spouse provides to the other when there are differences in the number of men and women seeking...

Proposal combines EITC, child credit, and dependent allowance into one child-related benefit program so that the tax code is simplified. It allows the phasing down of benefits to be less than 6 percent so that the marginal tax rate is reduced, especially for families that are currently subject...