Tag: marriage
When a marriage ends in divorce, there are no fewer than seven ways that it could damage a person’s finances. Divorce can rack up costly legal fees; force a house or stock sale in a down market; increase living expenses; increase tax rates; hamper the ability of the primary caregiver – mothers – to earn…
Moms don’t need a research study to tell them that their earnings will never be high as dads’. Nevertheless, a new study confirms this – and the pay gap may be larger than some suspect. In the two years surrounding the baby’s birth, mothers’ earnings fall by 12 percent, on average, as their careers stall or…
