"[I]ncreasing the return to work for childless workers will lower unemployment rates and [thereby] achieve the dual social benefits of reducing incarceration rates and increasing marriage rates," he writes.[13].[13]
"Exploring sharp temporal and geographic variation in the pattern of consumer broadband adoption, I find that the latter has significantly contributed to increased marriages rates among 21-30 year olds," she writes [PDF].
Not by working to increase marriage rates as an end in itself, but to strengthen relationships.
If girls married earlier, it would increase marriage rates but would impede the progress being made by women in employment and education.
Strict new work requirements, paternity tests and child support enforcement policies introduced in 1996 have not significantly increased marriage among low-income families.
The personality coefficients for men and women are very similar (and, in fact, are not significantly different from each other except for extraversion, which increases marriage probabilities for women but not for men).
Halla ([2013]) showed that the introduction of joint custody increased marriage rates, overall fertility (including a shift from non-marital to marital fertility), and divorce rates for older couples.
One program that provided work supports and a guaranteed job in Milwaukee significantly increased marriage rates among never-married mothers.
Thus, to the extent that additional income increases marriage rates, the new EITC would produce fringe benefits beyond mere economic outcomes.[14].[14]
Injuries and burn scars may exacerbate epilepsy-associated stigma, and should be addressed through counseling to increase marriage, employment, and attendance at schools (Baker, 2002).
As we live longer and the number of life stages people experience increases, marriages will have an expiration date with an option to renew.
