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Many women work outside the home not to make ends meet, but to keep up with the dual-income Joneses. Pushing for higher wages is unlikely to help overstretched families return to a sole-breadwinner model. The research of Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 economics Nobel, suggests that high wages, not low ones, account for the predominance of two-income families today. Nostalgia for a time when families thrived on a single income is widespread, but efforts to address this issue by raising wages might only worsen the pressures on dual-earner families.
Detailed SAT data reveals how students’ test scores rise with parents’ incomes, a reflection of disparities that start long before high school. https://t.co/n9OQ2qFAgj
Nostalgia for a time when families thrived on a single income is widespread, but efforts to address this issue by raising wages might only worsen the pressures on dual-earner families. https://t.co/b6J6X70jQ3 via @besttrousers
👪 Parenting as pro-progress, Up Wing policy Looking at 'The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind' by economist @kearney_melissa https://t.co/CdlBJI8FJa https://t.co/rIUgEnedQM
Detailed SAT data reveals how students’ test scores rise with parents’ incomes, a reflection of disparities that start long before high school. https://t.co/7RHirfkw2e
We already knew the SAT is a “wealth test” but this is a good refresher on how income/wealth is the primary driver for educational success or, on the short end of the income/wealth spectrum, how difficult it is to get a high SAT score. https://t.co/Cw4m61HjUy
Many women work outside the home not to make ends meet, but to keep up with the dual-income Joneses. @besttrousers explains why pushing for higher wages is therefore unlikely to help overstretched families return to a sole-breadwinner model. https://t.co/b6J6X6ZM0v
The research of Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 economics Nobel, suggests that high wages, not low ones, account for the predominance of two-income families today, writes @besttrousers. https://t.co/b6J6X6ZM0v