I think it is the fact that we live in a shrinking economy.
There aren’t opportunities for men to afford marriage.
The difference between an expanding economy and a shrinking one is the difference between choosing your own seat and musical chairs....
>I think it is the fact that we live in a shrinking economy.
There aren’t opportunities for men to afford marriage.
The difference between an expanding economy and a shrinking one is the difference between choosing your own seat and musical chairs....<
You might be on to something. The low birthrate in Japan and the rise of herbivore men (guys who choose not to date or get married) also mirrors the stagnant growth over there for the last 20 years.
I don’t think it could have anything to do with the economy.
History if full of poor people getting married.
Living together provides sharing of rent, but getting married means losing SNAP, discounted daycare, higher EITC, so they don’t get married.
Welfare disincentivizes it.