On this Labor Day, we can explain the “middle-class time squeeze” by looking at how time/money tradeoffs changed a family’s division of labor.…
Six Handy Facts About Marriage and Divorce Rates
It’s been called a “covidivorce.” After lockdowns ended, China reported that divorce applications were swamping officials in two provinces, Sichuan and Shanxi. Therapists explain tha…
Why Daylight Saving Time is Good For Us
With Daylight Saving Time (DST) having just begun, we might find that shifting sunlight from the morning to the evening has made us safer.…
Where Have All of the Husbands (and Wives) Gone?
If you are an Elvis minister in Las Vegas, you have a problem. Nevada’s marriage rate is way down and so too is the wedding business. The bigger story though, is about shifting marriage markets.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
What Happens When a Man Earns Less Than His Mate?
By earning more in labor markets, women affect marriage markets because they violate traditional gender identity norms if they earn more than a mate.…
Where We Need a Crowd
Told that the line outside one restaurant was rather long while there was no wait for a similar place nearby, most of us choose the one with the crowd. Where are we going? To the economics of crowds. …