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by northhanover 576 days ago
How could individual income shrink if household income increased and the households didn’t increase in size? Someone is lying.
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Households introduce a lot of variables, especially marriage. In some studies it has been shown you seek higher income opportunities than you might individually.[0] This would be my assumption, at least.

[0] - https://bigthink.com/smart-skills/married-wage-gap/

The medians are at different positions, I think.