>Coltrane has found that after controlling for variables like age and education, married American men earn significantly more than their unmarried or divorced m

>Coltrane has found that after controlling for variables like age and education, married American men earn significantly more than their unmarried or divorced male peers, and their earnings go up with every child they have. Marriage seems to make men more productive at work because it allows them to outsource much of the housekeeping to their wives. That's an assumption. IMO it's more likely to be that men with families out-earn their single and divorced counterparts because they're motivated to do so. Particularly as compared to divorced men. There's no point in killing yourself at work if the ex is going to take half the money.