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By this argument shouldn't marriage also lead to unemployment since you have to live near your spouses job as well and often can't relocate.

• saosebastiao 13y ago
  Children are a larger determinant of labor immobility. http://www.appstate.edu/~cherrytl/papers/family_ties.pdf http://www.appstate.edu/~cherrytl/papers/family_ties.pdf
• mynegation 13y ago
  And it probably does. In many situations when one spouse has to move frequently for work or there is no liquid job market (e.g. military, postdocs, medical residents), another spouse find themselves unemployed or need a significant time before finding work which also contributes to unemployment numbers.
• rfugger 13y ago
  Yes, human relationships are a real drag on the economy.
  • gordaco 13y ago
    And, more importantly: the other way around.
• giardini 13y ago
  Of course. And by extension, note that any factor that constrains your choice of jobs will "lead to unemployment". This is, in essence, a trivial argument and no one should be surprised. The more interesting argument is that the government has promoted home ownership and home loans for decades. And once again the involvement of government leads to suboptimization.