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		northhanover 11 months ago \| 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 11 months ago | [–]

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 11 months ago | [–]

The medians are at different positions, I think.

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