In this telling, the economic struggles of male workers are both a cause and an effect of the breakdown of traditional households. Men who are less successful are less attractive as partners, so women are choosing to raise children by themselves, producing sons who are less successful and attractive as partners.
A vicious cycle may ensue, wrote Professor Autor and his co-author, Melanie Wasserman, a graduate student, with the poor economic prospects of less educated males creating differentially large disadvantages for their sons, thus potentially reinforcing the development of the gender gap in the next generation.
The fall of men in the workplace is widely regarded by economists as one of the nations most important and puzzling trends. While men, on average, still earn more than women, the gap between them has narrowed considerably, particularly among more recent entrants to the labor force.
Study of men’s falling income cites single parents - Business on NBCNews.com
A vicious cycle may ensue, wrote Professor Autor and his co-author, Melanie Wasserman, a graduate student, with the poor economic prospects of less educated males creating differentially large disadvantages for their sons, thus potentially reinforcing the development of the gender gap in the next generation.
The fall of men in the workplace is widely regarded by economists as one of the nations most important and puzzling trends. While men, on average, still earn more than women, the gap between them has narrowed considerably, particularly among more recent entrants to the labor force.
Study of men’s falling income cites single parents - Business on NBCNews.com