Saturday, January 21, 2006

The Judge says keep her, you’ll find it’s cheaper

IT'S OFFICIAL! Love makes you richer! Divorce can destroy 75% of your personal net worth, according to research done at Ohio State University. A research scientist at OSU's Center for Human Resource Research, tracked the wealth and marital status of 9,055 people from 1985 to 2000. A big reason married people accumulate more wealth than others is simple economies of scale - one household is cheaper to maintain than two. Divorce reverses those benefits. People become more economically productive after they marry. Married people accumulated wealth much faster, accumulating 93% more than single or divorced people over the life of the study. So even Economic Man, with a heart like a calculator, can see the value of True Love...

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