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Don’t be a bachelor: Why married men work harder, smarter and make more money
Men who get married work harder and more strategically, and earn more money than their single peers from similar backgrounds. Marriage also transforms men’s social worlds; they spend less time with friends and more time with family; they also go to bars less and to church more. In the provocative words of Nobel Laureate George Akerlof, men “settle down when they get married; if they fail to get married they fail to settle down.”
This translates into a substantial marriage premium for men. On average, young married men, aged 28-30, make $15,900 more than their single peers, and married men aged 44-46 make $18,800 more than their single peers.
That’s even after controlling for differences in education, race, ethnicity, regional unemployment, and scores on a test of general knowledge. What’s more: the marriage premium operates for black, Hispanic, and less-educated men in much the same way as it does for men in general.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-money/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8786b327e393
Harvard Study proves single men make less money on average, have trouble finding employment, and struggle at work/socially due to being single
https://www.jstor.org/stable/353887?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Men who get married work harder and more strategically, and earn more money than their single peers from similar backgrounds. Marriage also transforms men’s social worlds; they spend less time with friends and more time with family; they also go to bars less and to church more. In the provocative words of Nobel Laureate George Akerlof, men “settle down when they get married; if they fail to get married they fail to settle down.”
This translates into a substantial marriage premium for men. On average, young married men, aged 28-30, make $15,900 more than their single peers, and married men aged 44-46 make $18,800 more than their single peers.
That’s even after controlling for differences in education, race, ethnicity, regional unemployment, and scores on a test of general knowledge. What’s more: the marriage premium operates for black, Hispanic, and less-educated men in much the same way as it does for men in general.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-money/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8786b327e393
Harvard Study proves single men make less money on average, have trouble finding employment, and struggle at work/socially due to being single
https://www.jstor.org/stable/353887?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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