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September 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and declining marriage rate
September 27, 2017
Where Have All of the Husbands (and Wives) Gone?

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August 6, 2017
highly skilled women and low-skilled immigrants
August 6, 2017
How Low-Skilled Immigrants Support Highly Skilled Women

In additional to debating the impact of immigration on less educated men, we should look at how highly skilled women are affected.

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July 5, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
July 5, 2017
Manufacturing, Men, and Marriage Markets

Hit by trade shock from China, U.S. communities that experience factory layoffs and closings will also see an impact on marriage rates.

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June 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
June 29, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Traditional First Date

Only several decades ago, the dating norms that said who paid for a meal were much clearer than they are today because of women's new economic role.

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March 27, 2017
economic news roundup and the value of time
March 27, 2017
What We Do With Our Time

To see what how much we work and sleep and play, and what the GDP does not tell us, we can use the American Time Use Survey.

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May 7, 2015
Everyday economics and how marriage makes us less equal
May 7, 2015
Love, Marriage and Inequality

As female labor force participation increased since the 1970s, so too has the income inequality that resulted from assortative mating of higher earners.

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February 26, 2015
Everyday economics and marriage trafeoffs
February 26, 2015
Tradeoffs and Marriage: Like a Horse and Carriage

As the pill, education and employment opportunities changed the value of women as wives, the tradeoffs that relate to being married have also changed.

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January 9, 2015
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
January 9, 2015
How Men Act When They Outnumber Women

How gender ratios in the U.S. and China affect men's financial behavior can be explained with supply and demand and behavioral economics from Gary Becker.

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