Advisors: Zhen Cui Committee members: Madhu Mohanty; Mann Yoon.
Özet:
The subject of this paper concerns the relationship between income taxes and marriage rates in the United States and Italy. This paper demonstrates that the difference in taxes paid by singles having no children relative to couples having two children with the other partner's income higher than the 33% and 67% average level influence significantly the marriage rate in the United States. However, the same cannot be said about Italy. In addition, other economic indicators such as GDP per capita and employment rates are also considered.