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Delaying Marriage Has Serious Consequences For Some, New Research Reveals

Erin Migdol | The Huffington Post | March 15, 2013

Men and women are marrying later in life than ever before, but a new study reveals the costs of delaying your "I dos." Read More »

Delayed Marriage On Rise: Good For College Educated, Tough On Middle America

Press Release | Knot Yet | March 15, 2013

One of the major demographic and social changes of the last four decades has been the dramatic increase in the average age at which Americans first marry, from their early 20s in 1970 to their late 20s today. Delayed marriage in America has helped to bring the divorce rate down since 1980 and increased the economic fortunes of educated women... Read More »

Study Of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents

Binyamin Appelbaum | New York Times | March 20, 2013

The decline of two-parent households may be a significant reason for the divergent fortunes of male workers, whose earnings generally declined in recent decades, and female workers, whose earnings generally increased, a prominent labor economist argues in a new survey of existing research. Read More »

Study: Modern Economies 'Rise and Fall' with Nuclear Families

Cheryl Wetzstein | The Washington Times | October 3, 2011

If the wealth of a nation is tied to both the quality and the quantity of its people, then modern trends toward cohabiting instead of marrying, easy divorce and fewer children born to couples will have sweeping economic consequences, a new report says. The “long-term fortunes of the modern economy rise and fall with the family,” the Social Trends Institute says in its new report, “The Sust Read More »