Marriage promotion policy
Marriage promotion policy refers to policy, as chosen by governments or other large institutions, to encourage people to:
- Marry instead of not marrying
- Marry younger
- Find more stable marriages that can last longer
Goals or marriage promotion policy
- Pronatalist goal: Marriage is an institution well-suited for childbearing and childrearing. Empirically, people are more likely to have children after marriage. Encouraging early marriage thereby encourages higher fertility.
- Reduced cost-of-living goal: Married couples share living facilities and resources and therefore have lower per capita costs of living compared to singles. This enables them to save more and become wealthier. Couples also provide mutual insurance, so if one member of the couple gets into a problem (such as a health problem) the other member can provide emotional and financial support.