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now all I need is a woman to stay at home and cook my meals so I can make more money!
Quote:LONDON (Reuters) - Married men earn more than bachelors so long as their wives stay at home doing the housework, according to a report Wednesday from Britain's Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER).
Academics Elena Bardasi and Mark Taylor found that a married man whose wife does not go out to work but is primarily responsible for the cooking and cleaning earns about 3 percent more than comparably employed single men.
But that wage premium disappears if wives go out to work themselves or don't do most of the housework.
"It has been fairly well documented that married men earn more than single men," Taylor, a labor economist, told Reuters.
"However, our research established the wage premium is related to the wife doing the chores," said the academic who teaches at the University of Essex in eastern England.
He said analysis suggests there could be two explanations for the results:
A marriage might allow a husband and wife to focus their activities on tasks to which they are most suited. Traditionally, this would result in the man concentrating on paid work enabling him to increase productivity and in consequence his wages.
Taylor said another explanation could be that marriage may increase the amount of time a man has to hone work-related skills which could trigger higher wages.
Taylor and Bardasi analyzed the hourly wages of 3,500 men who have been interviewed annually since 1991 as part of the British Household Panel Survey.
"We looked at all types of jobs from unskilled up to managers and professionals," Taylor said.
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Yeah... and ya know where that extra 3% goes... the mall, the shoestore, the perfume... you know where I'm going here.
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:lol: damn, i guess i need someone to do my housework.
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so wait... what if you have a maid? she does the house work, do you still make an extra 3%? cuz that way you wouldn't have to pay for ALL THE OTHER things that you'd have to pay for if you had a wife.
Of course I can only assume... but from the stories I've heard...
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That is a flawed study if I've ever read one (not that im doubting the results) They are not taking into consideration that perhaps men who are already making a higher income, or who are in more secure positions (with more potential) are more apt to marry someone who is content with performing housework. You cant infer a causal relationship based on the data they have provided, it a case of what came first the chicken or the egg.
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Or the fact married men are drunk more often and get it more often from their wives.
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My wife stays home and since then I have 5 times my wages hahaha
no really
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DD1,Jun 22 2005, 08:39 PM Wrote:My wife stays home and since then I have 5 times my wages hahaha
no really
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Mine isn't staying home - she just got a raise. Making over 70K now B) She's my pension - I'll stay home and do the chores :lol: :lol:
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