Archive: Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher
Moving from job to job allows workers to trade up to higher-paying employers. When I talk to relatives about my work as a labor economist, I get the sense that they think the younger generations are a bit fickle with respect to their jobs. At many family gatherings, I’ve heard some version of the sam…
What can go wrong? Being in a couple complicates your decision-making. From an economist’s perspective, one advantage of marriage is the financial benefits. Marriage allows risk sharing between partners (e.g., one partner can work more if the other loses their job) and allows couples to take advantage of returns to scale (i.e., it’s cheaper to…
