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The Effect of Financial Resources on Homeownership, Marriage, and Fertility: Evidence from State Lotteries

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  • George Bulman
  • Sarena Goodman
  • Adam Isen

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This paper leverages the universe of U.S. tax data and state lottery wins between 2000 and 2019 to estimate the causal effect of financial resources on three key lifecycle outcomes for young adults. We find large and persistent effects on homeownership, with a response function that exhibits substantial concavity but also an extremely high upper bound, and larger responses among higher-income individuals. Resources generate persistent increases in marriage for single men and women but do not increase the likelihood existing marriages are preserved. Fertility is modestly accelerated by a lottery win, but there is little effect on total fertility. Our results support a causal pathway behind differences in homeownership and marriage by socioeconomic status and inform theories of household formation and the family.

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  • George Bulman & Sarena Goodman & Adam Isen, 2022. "The Effect of Financial Resources on Homeownership, Marriage, and Fertility: Evidence from State Lotteries," NBER Working Papers 30743, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30743
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    1. Lindqvist, Erik & Cesarini, David & Östling, Robert & Terskaya, Anastasia, 2023. "Fortunate Families? The Effects of Wealth on Marriage and Fertility," CEPR Discussion Papers 18000, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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    JEL classification:

    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • G5 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand

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