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'Marrying Up' is Now Easier for Men, Improves Their Economic Well-Being, Study Finds

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 30 2017, @06:23PM   
from the changing-times dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

As the number of highly educated women has increased in recent decades, the chances of "marrying up" have increased significantly for men and decreased for women, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas sociologist.

"The pattern of marriage and its economic consequences have changed over time," said lead author ChangHwan Kim, associate professor of sociology. "Now women are more likely to get married to a less-educated man. What is the consequence of this?"

Kim's co-authored the study with Arthur Sakamoto of Texas A&M University, and the journal Demography recently published their findings. They examined gender-specific changes in the total financial return to education among people of prime working ages, 35 to 44 years old, using U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 and the 2009-2011 American Community Survey.

Your dreams of finding a Sugar Momma may finally come true.

ChangHwan Kim, Arthur Sakamoto. Women's Progress for Men's Gain? Gender-Specific Changes in the Return to Education as Measured by Family Standard of Living, 1990 to 2009–2011. Demography, 2017; DOI: 10.1007/s13524-017-0601-3

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• The Man Who Folded Himself The Man Who Folded Himself (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @07:04PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @07:04PM (#561645)

  I've seen the future of mankind
            I like to think I understand, but I know that I don't.
            The future of the human race is as alien and incomprehensible to me as
  the year 1975 would be to a man of Charlemagne's era. But wondrous it is
  indeed, and filled with marvelous things.
            There is nothing that I cannot witness
            but there is little that I can participate in.
            I am limited. By my language, by my appearance, by my skin color, and
  my height.
            I am limited to life in a span of history maybe two hundred years in
  each direction. Beyond that, the languages are difficult: the meanings have
  altered, the pronunciations and usages too complex to decipher. With effort,
  perhaps, I can communicate; but the farther I go from 1975, the harder it is
  to make myself understood.
            And there are other differences. In the past, I am
            too tall. The farther back I travel, the shorter everybody
            becomes. And the farther forward I go, the taller. In the
            not-too-distant future, I am too short humanity's evolution is upward.
            And there are still other differences. Disturbing ones.
            There are places where my skin is the wrong color, or my eyes the wrong
  shape. And there is one time in the future when I am the wrong sex.
           

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• Re:The Man Who Folded Himself Re:The Man Who Folded Himself (Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:10PM (1 child)

  by edIII (791) on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:10PM (#561726)

  This may be offtopic, but it's interesting as hell.

  --
  Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.

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  • Re:The Man Who Folded Himself (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:49PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:49PM (#561767) Homepage Journal

    If you read the story, it's on the topic. Kind of on the topic. I read the Cliff's Notes. Trust funds are terrific. You have a kid, you set up the trust fund. You get married, you get the prenuptial agreement. She makes more than you? Fantastic, still get the prenuptial. Always, always. Because you never know what will happen. 🇺🇸

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