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From the article: > In the U.S., she says, unmarried adults who decide to live together do it for a much shorter duration than in Europe. Children in many of t
by chomp 3y ago
From the article:
> In the U.S., she says, unmarried adults who decide to live together do it for a much shorter duration than in Europe. Children in many of these households are more likely to experience two or three parental partnerships by age 15.
Its a stability thing.
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- andyjohnson0 3y ago> In the U.S., she says, unmarried adults who decide to live together do it for a much shorter duration than in Europe. Are there any theories about why this might be? The article doesn't seem to follow this up.
- hdjjhhvvhga 3y agoYeah, I'm also curious. Another commenter in this thread blames individualism and inability to cope with minor incompatibilities but I wonder if it's really true.
- andyjohnson0 3y agoThose seem too universal to affect the US more than Europe.
- laurencerowe 3y agoI suspect this is a result of the tax system in the US which is structured in a way that strongly incentivises parents into marriage. Europe generally taxes incomes individually and offers parental leave to help when one of the parents is out of the workforce with a baby. In the US there's just the pooling of tax allowances. For dual income households in very high cost of living areas though you need to balance the benefits of pooling tax allowances while only one of you is working with the reduction in mortgage interest tax deduction (which has the same maximum for both a married couple or unmarried single filers.)
- Racing0461 3y ago> I suspect this is a result of the tax system in the US which is structured in a way that strongly incentivises parents into marriage. the gain from married to Married filing separately is insignificant.
- laurencerowe 3y agoThe gain is from married filing jointly while one partner is not working. At $100k it roughly halves the income tax you pay.
- Detrytus 3y agoOr where one partner earns significantly more, like $150k vs $50k - joint filing still puts you in a lower tax bracket.
- Racing0461 3y agoIf im taking care of a partner, i should be able to deduct expenses up to my total income like corporations can. halving the tax is still not enough to move the needle for people to get married due to better taxes.
- laurencerowe 3y agoThis results in those in higher income tax brackets receiving far more money which is deeply inequitable.
- Racing0461 3y agoHaving single men pay for other men's children, incentivising single motherhood seems inequitable, no? Lions are smarter than us.
- laurencerowe 3y agoUgh. What a horrible thing to say.