Abstract
We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family. Everyone prefers a partner that has high income and is a perfect emotional match, but compromises must often be struck. A high income earner may abstain from marrying a low-income earner even though they would be a perfect match emotionally, because the highincome earner may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by the marriage. Redistributive income taxation may ease this problem. Income matching institutions that secure that people largely from the same income groups meet each other can substitute for redistribution, so that optimal redistribution is reduced. We also introduce a divorce option. Redistributive taxation is shown both to further and stabilize marriage.
| Dokumententyp: | Paper |
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| Keywords: | Marriage; optimal Taxation; emotional rents; love; incomplete contracts; assortative mating; divorce |
| Fakultät: | Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > MPI für Steuerrecht und Öffentliche Finanzen |
| Themengebiete: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft |
| JEL Classification: | H21, J12, D61 |
| Ort: | Berlin |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Dokumenten ID: | 24464 |
| Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 02. Apr. 2015, 06:41 |
| Letzte Änderungen: | 03. Mrz. 2017, 10:54 |
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