Marriage Is for Rich People

In The New York Times’ Economix blog, Catherine Rampell highlights new Hamilton Project analysis showing the link between technology gains, globalization and marriage rates. With fewer Americans married today than at any time over the last 50 years, the Project finds that changes in marriage are clearly associated with income, with the decline in marriage concentrated among less-educated, lower-income Americans. Read the article here, and the full Hamilton Project report here.