In additional to debating the impact of immigration on less educated men, we should look at how highly skilled women are affected.
Hit by trade shock from China, U.S. communities that experience factory layoffs and closings will also see an impact on marriage rates.
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.
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.
As female labor force participation increased since the 1970s, so too has the income inequality that resulted from assortative mating of higher earners.
As the pill, education and employment opportunities changed the value of women as wives, the tradeoffs that relate to being married have also changed.







