HD FS 315Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wage Labour, Forced Marriage, High School Dropouts
7 Sep 2016
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Higher incomes allow middle class americans to live in very different neighborhoods, towns, or suburbs that increasingly reflect social differences: inequality in family relationships. Marriage anchors family life among the middle class: 85% college educated are married, 55% with a high school degree (or less) are married, college educated men marry college educated women. Average family income of dual career couples who are college graduates: over ,000 better than 80% of all. Bearing and rearing children: college educated women: 15% of births outside of marriage, women with less than college degree: 53% had birth outside of marriage. Well paying, often unionized, factory work moved overseas: structural changes in economy. Service sector grew: less well-paying, less generous fringe benefits, less stable, high school graduates today only earn 70% of high school graduates in. Professional/technical service occupations grew: use complex cognitive skills, require advanced technical skills and knowledge, changes in family structure.
