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When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage Market Value of Young Men
By David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson*We exploit the gender-specific components of large-scale labor demand shocks stemming from rising international manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage, fertility, and children’s living circumstances during 1990–2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and earnings of young adult males. Consistent with Becker’s model of household specialization, shocks to males’ relative earnings reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with prominent sociological accounts, these shocks heighten male idleness and premature mortality, and raise the share of mothers who are unwed and the share of children living in below-poverty,single-headed households.
https://www.ddorn.net/papers/Autor-Dorn-Hanson-WhenWorkDisappears.pdf

Islam is right about women?

Booger says

Boy, this one is so true. Every so called feminist I ever knew bailed into female privilege whenever it was inconvenient or uncomfortable to put up or shut op with dirty or unpleasant 'male' tasks.

richwicks says

Seriously. I can show you, mathematically, that a diverse group of engineers will almost always make the best team.

Please do.

Booger says

If you get her pregnant, does she owe you $20 billion?

AND WE KNOW ALL MEN, AND ONLY MEN, ARE RAPISTS.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Girls-thought-they-were-in-a-relationship-with-a-14968020.php#photo-12971959

https://babylonbee.com/news/sad-the-nations-women-want-to-go-out-to-celebrate-100-years-of-suffrage-but-they-cant-decide-what-they-want-to-eat

When you have to use the word 'BRAWNY' as pasties..........??

LOL, classical female "You have to 'take care of yourself' (washboard abs) and be over six foot tall, but don't you dare ask me my height and weight."

The latest Magazine bullshit is that women over 65 have so many suitors they don't know what to do with them. Which is the exact opposite of what is indicated by every demographic and medical trend ... far more women then men, STDs among the elderly is the fastest demographic, etc.

I see lots of dudes in their 60s with Middle Aged and even younger women, if you see an old woman with a middle aged man, it's so unusual you'd never forget it.

NoCoupForYou says

if you see an old woman with a middle aged man, it's so unusual you'd never forget it.

Humm....

Heraclitusstudent says

NoCoupForYou says

if you see an old woman with a middle aged man, it's so unusual you'd never forget it.

Humm....

Yeah, this is disgusting

Heraclitusstudent says

Humm....

Yep, sticks out like a sore thumb.

Image checks out zz lol

I like that, "Poverty Eradication Plan." I can see that as an urban lang term - "Nice looking guy you got girl. Plan to make him your PEP soon?"

Y'all gotta check out this thread.

Aged Lefty Chicks using heavy contrast filters to hide their wrinkles to "Shame" Kelly Anne Conway

Full of old bags aged 60 trying to claim they look "Half their age".

it's a laugh riot.


https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1219367709089128448?s=20

NoCoupForYou says

Y'all gotta check out this thread.

Aged Lefty Chicks using heavy contrast filters to hide their wrinkles to "Shame" Kelly Anne Conway

Full of old bags aged 60 trying to claim they look "Half their age".

it's a laugh riot.


https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1219367709089128448?s=20

They all look shitty. Once the wall hits for most its the bond formed not the looks no matter what delusions they tell themselves.

If we got rid of no-fault, or severely restricted it to childless couples married only a few years, a huge chunk of our problems with Family Courts would disappear.

I wish I saved the site, but somebody had up court notes from 1950s Judges in Consent states. That's when both parties needed to agree in absence of Fault (repeated Adultery/Cheating, total Abandonment, Abuse, etc.)

There was a judge who wrote how he endured half an hour of tears from a woman who tried to convince him that her husband not giving her money for new lace dollies constituted Abuse, so she didn't need consent to divorce him.

Well, if 1 party is unhappy for whatever reason, and wants to move on, why lock them in?
Ultimately people have to take responsibility for what they do without being forced.
It seems the problem is more with the advantages family court give to women vs men.

Marriage is supposed to be for life and for the benefit of children.

If you want easy breakup, don't get married.

Divorce is the only contract where one party can terminate and end up with payments and assets while eliminating all obligations of their own.

At the very least, the initiator of a no fault should not get primary custody and must pay child support automatically.

Probably in most cases a divorced woman with 2 kids has to work to support them even counting child support.
That means at least 60hrs of work a week running between work and kids, and with little opportunity to date, being old and worn out.
Not sure why anyone would want this.
In fact a man without custody, may be better off in lifestyle, even in a 1 bedroom appt.

NoCoupForYou says

Divorce is the only contract where one party can terminate and end up with payments and assets while eliminating all obligations of their own.

At the very least, the initiator of a no fault should not get primary custody and must pay child support automatically.

You get either the kids or child support. Having custody doesn't come without obligations. It's tuff work.

NoCoupForYou says

Marriage is supposed to be for life and for the benefit of children.

If you want easy breakup, don't get married.

In some countries divorce is seen as unacceptable. People have to make it work.
Given this is not the case in the US, I'm sure on what legs the state could stand to impose people who hate each other to continue to live together.
This has to be individual responsibility.

Heraclitusstudent says

In some countries divorce is seen as unacceptable. People have to make it work.
Given this is not the case in the US, I'm sure on what legs the state could stand to impose people who hate each other to continue to live together.
This has to be individual responsibility.

The problem is it becomes a government and social responsibility much more frequently than intact families.

It's clear that reforming divorce was a failure, let's cancel a failed policy.

Just like no-bail is going to be a disaster.