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Three ‘Male Crisis’ Facts You May Have Missed

Kay Hymowitz reports in her new book, Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys, three incredible facts about gender, income and status: Women between 25-34 with college educations now outnumber men in their age group. The … Continue reading

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OECD Study: In the Developed World, Women Work More than Men

Who works more, men or women? The answer, according to a new study by OECD, depends on what one counts. I. If You Just Count Minutes per Day in Paid Work, Men Come out Ahead II. However, If You Count … Continue reading

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Macho Man + Partner Who Earns More = Worse Romantic Relationship

Macho Men Let Their Female Partner’s Higher Income Threaten Their Relationship Here’s a formula for a poor romantic relationship, according to study by Coughlin and Wade (2012). Macho Man + Partner Who Earns More = Worse Romantic Relationship On the other … Continue reading

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Men More Likely to Cheat If They Are Economically Dependent on Their Female Partners

The more economically dependent men are on their female partners , the more likely men are to cheat on their partners, according to a new study. However, the more economically dependent women are on their male partners , the less … Continue reading

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Impact of Age on “Women and Children First” Norm During Disasters

In the previous post, In Life and Death Situations Does the Norm “Women and Children First” Hold?, I summarized research indicating women do not have a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters. After reading the study I began to … Continue reading

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Want to Live Longer? Exercise

A 150 minutes or more of physical activity each week increases longevity compared to those who don’t,  according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to Newswise,“men at age 20 were estimated to gain as much as … Continue reading

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Married Women, Family Income and Recessions

During the Great Recession unemployment among men was particularly high, with 69 percent of the jobs lost held by men. At the Great Recession’s peak overall unemployment was 10.0 percent in October 2009. At that time  men’s unemployment was 11.2 percent and women’s at … Continue reading

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Reader Request: Effect of Dual Enrollment on Probabilities of Degree Attainment

A reader of this blog requests additional information about the effects of dual enrollment on the probability of attaining an Associates Degree after reading The Benefits of Acceleration: Graduation Advantages. Based on students high school GPA the reader requests the predictive … Continue reading

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Do Male-Female Wage Differentials Reflect Differences in the Return to Skill? Cross-City Evidence From 1980-2000

“Overall, our cross-city estimates suggest that most of the aggregate reduction in the male-female wage differential observed over the 1980-2000 period was likely due to a change in the relative price of skill that both females and educated workers have … Continue reading

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Extremism, the Blunt Amendment, Obama and Romney

I. What is the Blunt Amendment? “The Blunt Amendment gives virtually limitless and unprecedented license to any employer or insurance plan, religious or not, to exclude any health service, no matter how essential, in the health services they cover,” according … Continue reading

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