Income taxation and marital decisions

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-599

  Chade, Hector ^a   Ventura, Gustavo ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Marriage; Marriage penalty; Marriage tax; Two sided search

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344445003     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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