Income taxes and the timing of marital decisions

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-240

  Alm, James ^a   Whittington, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H31; Income taxation; J121; Marital decisions; Marriage tax; Timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS--DETERMINANTS; MARRIAGE POSTPONEMENT--DETERMINANTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TAX; TAXATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

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;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TAXES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031129109     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(96)01615-5     Document Type: Article

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