Report: More Men Get Economic Boost From Marriage: NEW YORK – Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women. Nowadays it's men who are increasingly getting the biggest economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data.
The changes, summarized in a Pew Research Center report being released Tuesday, reflect the proliferation of working wives over the past 40 years – a period in which American women outpaced men in both education and earnings growth. A larger share of today's men, as compared to their 1970 counterparts, are married to women whose education and income exceed their own, and a larger share of women are married to men with less education and income.
