Why now both, the father and the mother, have to work to make ends meet?

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    http://www.wmmsurveys.com/WhatMomsChoose.pdf
     
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    That only applies in a zero sum game. An increase in the workforce also provides productivity gains.
     
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    Only in terms of human capital. A standard approach would see the increase in labour lead to diminishing marginal productivity, ceteris paribus
     

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