294. The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage
Jul 6, 2017 ·
43m 58s
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Over 40 percent of U.S. births are to unmarried mothers, and the numbers are especially high among the less-educated. Why? One argument is that the decline in good manufacturing jobs...
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Over 40 percent of U.S. births are to unmarried mothers, and the numbers are especially high among the less-educated. Why? One argument is that the decline in good manufacturing jobs led to a decline in "marriageable" men. Surely the fracking boom reversed that trend, right?
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| Author | Stephen J. Dubner and WNYC Studios |
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