In the category of more wives make more, the Carsey Institute has a new factsheet updating the trend in income contribution for working wives, by parental status, through 2009. Exactly how this is happening for different subgroups — husbands losing jobs and earning less, wives taking/keeping jobs and/or earning more — remains to be seen.
[...] studies have shown that wives and mothers are taking on an increasing share of the burden of providing for the household, partly because of [...]
[...] studies have shown that wives and mothers are taking on an increasing share of the burden of providing for the household, partly because of [...]
[...] U.S. would have changed more. For example, earnings shares have grown more equal, even among those with children; men are doing more housework while women are doing less. At the same time, marriage has become [...]