The Patriot Post® · The 'Marriage Premium'

Mona Charen: “[T]he other piece of the puzzle regarding married men and work is love and appreciation. Married men work harder because they know they are working for the welfare of those they love. Married women probably convey their gratitude to their husbands for providing the security they and the children need, and this cements a man’s place in the world. The ‘marriage premium’ doesn’t work for cohabitating men, nor for those who father children they don’t raise. The ‘piece of paper’ matters. Something to consider the next time someone celebrates the decline of ‘traditional’ marriage.”