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northhanover on Nov 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: We’re receiving about 3,000 reports/hour

How could individual income shrink if household income increased and the households didn’t increase in size? Someone is lying.

tourmalinetaco on Nov 19, 2024 | [–]

Households introduce a lot of variables, especially marriage. In some studies it has been shown you seek higher income opportunities than you might individually.[0] This would be my assumption, at least.

[0] - https://bigthink.com/smart-skills/married-wage-gap/

astrange on Nov 17, 2024 | [–]

The medians are at different positions, I think.

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