Women who have come out on top in the job market may not find similar success in the marriage market. As the struggle for equal pay for equal work gains ground, there may still be psychological factors undermining the link...
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It is becoming more common for wives to be paid more than their husbands.
Higher-Paid Women Less-Married, More-Divorced
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David Axelrod, senior strategist for President Obama's re-election campaign, reflects on the 2012 contest during a public forum at the University of Chicago on Nov. 26, 2012.
Axelrod Shares His Romney Campaign Surprises
David Axelrod didn’t have much praise for Mitt Romney’s campaign when asked last night what the Republican challenger and his aides did well in the 2012 presidential race. “They raised money well,” said Axelrod, President Barack Obama’s longtime political strategist....
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Job seekers fill out paperwork at the "Putting America Back To Work!" job fair in New York.
Job Market Hollows Out in the Middle
“The U.S. labor market is becoming more sclerotic.” That’s the take of Harvard University Professor Lawrence Katz, a former chief economist at the U.S. Labor Department, who sees a major “hollowing out” of the middle of the job market. Americans...
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