Couples in which women earn around three-quarters of household income are also around 30% more likely to split up than those where both partners earn similar amounts, according to estimates from a recent French study
Giving couples cash incentives to have more children and using robots to help care for the elderly are among a wide range of ideas considered in a new Government survey.
American couples in their 30's work to get jobs paying $70,000/yr.
Then they:
- Have $30,000 weddings
- Buy $35,000 cars
- Rent $3,000/mo apartments
- Pay $1,500/mo for daycare.
They blink, suddenly they’re 50 & making changes feels impossible.
This is the middle-class trap.