Marriage Policies - Topics

Aging societies and policies designed to keep couples together Why bans on polygamy are defended as protecting women Welfare fraud prosecutions against plural families Where a woman still needs a male guardian's consent to marry Europe's cousin marriage bans and the immigration debate Does the marriage penalty in the tax code actually discourage weddings? Should bride price be abolished? What happened where it was banned The childcare cliff: how the cost of a second child reshapes a marriage Covenant marriage: the legal option that makes divorce much harder Why some countries cut marriage-based benefits for single parents Why critics say tax and welfare rules penalize single people Excommunication for marrying outside the church: does it still happen What happens to policy when marriage rates fall for decades Losing health insurance through a spouse's job after a separation Government programs that pay couples to attend marriage education Pronatalist policies: do cash bonuses actually raise marriage rates? Who paid for the marriage equality campaign? Divorce law reform as social policy How civil unions differ from marriage at tax time Why is the cost of housing and childcare pushing couples to delay marriage? Maternity discrimination: the career cost a wife pays after marrying Raising the legal marriage age: does it actually stop early marriage? How is marital status recorded on tax forms and why does it matter? What premarital counseling costs and whether insurance covers it How the opposition reorganized after each marriage equality win Marriage incentives for immigrants and the fraud controls attached Workplace benefits that only begin with a marriage license How do welfare rules and divorce law shape whether couples stay married? What governments actually do to keep couples from divorcing Ballot box defeats and wins for marriage equality in the 2000s Child benefit rules that change with marital status Marriage penalties hidden in welfare and means-tested benefit rules