Read the following article. What is the authors premise? What evidence do they present to back up their claim? What is the trend? Why is is happening? What economic signals have females responded to but males have not> What is a plausible reason for it? Why is this a potential viscious cycle? How can it be stopped?
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Wendy Maxson
3/26/2013 04:38:23 am
In Binyamin Appelbaum's article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents", he premises that more women than men are responding to the demand of college because of the increase of single parents. Experts claim that most single parents are women and their daughters are more successful in the workplace than the sons of single mothers. Others say that the reason that women are responding is because they are easier to educate. The trend of women in college is increasing. More women than men are going to college because they recognize that most high paying jobs need a college degree. Many manufacturing jobs where men were dominant have replaced human labor with technology. The decrease of married parents has taken a toll on men. If these men have sons who will be parented by their mothers only, a vicious cycle of unsuccessful men could ensue. Some say that encouraging marriage will allow more men to be successful by having a stable family with both a mother and father figure, others that the governement should provide more economic opportunities for these men, and some say that society should work on making men look more attractive.
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Jose A. Hernandez
3/27/2013 07:03:56 am
In the article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents" by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times reporter, Appelbaum concludes more jobs require college degrees and more female,than male, are responding to the very idea of an education by going to college provides them with the necessities of becoming more successful in the workforce. This is creating a trend of women going to college. As males become less successful they become less attractive according to Appelbaum and thus create single parents, most being women. Economists claim when the single mother raises a son most likely the son will become less successful. Women are responding to the "price signals" and men are not. This is creating more educated women than male and according to the research, female children who have male parents whom are not well educated or are absent minded "were 10 to 14 percent more likely to complete college." When the sons are raised by the mothers they become less successful unlike the daughters, raised by the fathers, they are more likely to become more successful creating this vicious cycle of unsuccessful males and successful females. Historically manufacturing jobs which required males’ strength and endurance have been decreasing with the increase of technology and men haven't been able to see that. As technology grows the need of physical labor start to decline and the need for education is increasing. Experts conclude to fix this problem the government must encourage marriage, provide economical support or help make male more attractive and encourage man to pursue an education.
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Gaby Gonzalez
3/27/2013 12:21:56 pm
An article from The New York Times, Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents by Binyamin Appelbaum, he premise that more women than men are going to college and are getting a degree which they become more of a successful worker. According to Appelbaum, “economic struggles of male workers are both a cause and an effect of the breakdown of traditional households. Men who are less successful are less attractive as partners, so some women are choosing to raise children by themselves.” Also some experts say that theirs about 60% of women attending college and getting a degree and only 40% or men go to college as well as getting a degree. Economist claim that since there are more women who are single parents that as a result their daughters would be more successful than their sons will be less successful. As a journalist name Hanna Rosin wrote in “The End of Men” women are easier to educate because their more adaptable. The trend is that more women are going to college. More women are going to college because they recognize that the jobs with higher wages need a college degree. An economic signal that females have responded is that if the single mother it’s hard to maintain their children. This is a potential vicious cycle because mothers who raise their sons tempt to end up less successful unlike the daughters. It can be stopped by encouraging marriage that will allow men to be more successful and attractive by having a stable family with a mother and a father figure. Also by providing economical support to male by making they look more attractive as well as encouraging men to go to college and get a degree.
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Richard Hoppe
3/28/2013 01:07:54 am
In the article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents" by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times reporter. Applebaum premises that more of people now a days get a degree seem to be more successful. It seems to be more female than male, but college educations are more and more useful. They can open up many more doors now a days. Like Wendy said about, most people say that the reason that women are responding is because they are easier to educate. The trend of women in college is increasing. More women than men are going to college because they recognize that most high paying jobs need a college degree. Alot of hands on jobs are now being replaced with others that include technology which makes it easier for women. They do not need men for every job in the US anymore which is helping womens chances at jobs. The decrease of married parents has taken a toll on men. Kids being raised by only their mothers could have a crazy force on the workforce in the future. Also by providing economical support to male by making they look more attractive as well as encouraging men to go to college and get a degree. If men start to get a degree and so do women, jobs could get very tight. It will seem like no one will get a job.
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randall mckay
3/28/2013 03:29:59 am
Binaymin Appelbaum's article Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents in the New York Times, shows how more and more women are getting their degrees and getting the better paying jobs, and how men are not getting educated and not getting the better job. In the US, its becoming more difficult to get a job without a college degree. Among people who were 35 years old in 2010, for example, women were 17 percent more likely to have attended college, and 23 percent more likely to hold an undergraduate degree. Women are responding to the demand that the current job market is looking for more highly skilled workers, and women are getting the degrees to fulfill that demand and men aren't. The possible reason for this is that men were accustomed to getting the better jobs than women, without having to get the credentials. Now men are slowly realizing that they have to go to college and get their degrees. A solution to this cycle is for people to get married, households with married parents show that their children will be more successful than if they were raised in an unstable home.
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3/28/2013 06:43:56 am
In the article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents" by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times reporter, Appelbaum concludes more better jobs require college degrees, and more females than males are responding to the very idea of a good and pro-motive education by going to college. According to Appelbaum “I think the greatest, most astonishing fact that I am aware of in social science right now is that women have been able to hear the labor market screaming out ‘You need more education’ and have been able to respond to that, and men have not,” said Michael Greenstone, an M.I.T" he states that more men are under the unemployment umbrella, thus making more opportunity doors opened for women. More women are aware that you need a college degree to get a better job and less men are not getting that information. More women are responding to this demand in jobs than men making men less and less unemployed. A solution to this problem is for more people to earn there college degree and making them more successful and more likely to be married.
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Yesenia Gomez
3/28/2013 07:31:18 am
In the article "Study of Men's Falling income cites single parents" Binyamin Appelbaum premises that women are getting their education/degree and therefore are getting the better jobs while men are choosing to not get their education and have no choice but to get the low jobs. Appelbaum explains how woman are a lot more easier to educate and the trend of female in college is increasing for the reason that males are not the only ones getting hired anymore in the U.S, that's why it is now easier for females to get a jobs. Like Randall said, men were used to getting the better paying jobs than women and perhaps thought they needed no education because they had no competition. An economic signal females have responded to but males have not is to the prediction that a single mother will spend one more hour with the girl than the boy. To follow this further, according to the economists claim, the girl becomes smarter than the boy because of the amount of time spend with them. This can be stopped by males going to college and getting their degrees as well as households with married parents because the children will be raised to be more successful.
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Martha Lopez
3/28/2013 07:44:47 am
In the article “Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents” by Binyamin Appelbaum, the authors premise is the female have been increasing in their education and male have been decrease because on the decline of two-parents household. Also as David H. autor is saying that the cause of male and female on have a disadvantage on education becomes on their childhood because sometimes both parents are not together to support their children. The majory of Americans had become more harder living trouble without a college degree because they just wait to for finish high school and have a job and no continue on college. (Appelabaum) is also saying to us that sometimes their traditions and cultures on some parents is the #1 cause on women not continue with their education after high school because their duty is to stay in home and work on to have their family happy. As the article said in paragraph nine that “Most economists agree that men have suffered disproportionately from economic change like the decline of manufacturing,” this means that men are decline to make products in any company and now as a big racism women are taking this as a job. Also Hanna Rosin is saying that “the End of Men,” and she is explaining the reason of this because women are more adaptable to become more professionals and have a better degree than men. Professor Autor is telling that he had made it a lot of studies on how now women have better education and men are decreasing on their education and this is a cause because sometimes the only person that is there to support their children is their mother and that she is always looking on how to pay their college. And hypothesis have been research that “kids from single-parent households fare worse in terms of years of education.” Something that is trended now is the women now have a better degree than men and they are now in a big company than they were in the company of products because there is not any of racism because of their genre.
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Lola Behrens
3/28/2013 02:05:49 pm
Although history has shown a pattern of male dominance in the workplace, recent trends are changing this gender norm. In his article, "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents," Binyamin Applecaum addresses the topic and discusses possible explanations for women and their fairly recent rise in income and numbers in the workplace. The article discusses several studies on the topic, and the best explanation is that, in recent years, it has become highly difficult to get a job without having a college degree. For whatever reason, women have responded to this by "going to college in record numbers. Men, mysteriously, have not."
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Hugo Hernandez
3/28/2013 02:30:36 pm
In his article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents" Binyamin Appelbaum claims that with the rise in demand for employees with college degrees, only one sex has adapted and chosen to educate themselves in order to be more qualified for these higher paying jobs. There has been a significant increase in women attending college and essentially becoming more qualified for certain jobs, therefore women are being hired for jobs over men, as a man's strength for example, is not as merely as important now as it was before due to the technology and equipment we possess today. It is also believed that women are reacting more positively than men because of single parent households where it is predominantly the mother who is the single parent. David Autor, a professor at MIT states that, "Only 63% of children lived in a household with two parents in 2010, down from 82% in 1970. This could have negative effects on society because if men keep having sons who will only be raised by their mother, a vicious cycle of unsuccessful men could potentially begin. There have been many proposals which could essentially counter this vicious cycle, but as of now no actual action has been taken.
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Sarah Gamble
3/28/2013 02:32:13 pm
In Binyamin Appelbaum's article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents," Appelbaum conveys professor David H. Autor's theory that the answer behind men's falling income lies in their childhood. With a rise in divorces, Autor states that the cause of men's falling income is due to boys being reared by single mothers. These sons appear to "fare particularly poorly" he states. Autor claims that these boys grow up to become unattractive partners, which creates a "vicious cycle," creating a never-ending trend of less educated and less motivated males. Autor's claims stem from the statistic that in households where the father had less education, female children are 10-14% more likely to complete college. Besides this statistic, women aged 35 years old were 17% more likely to attend college and 23% more likely to go to graduate school. Women have realized that education is a necessity in our growing and changing modern world, while men on the other hand seem to be ignoring this reality. This bamboozling fact has prompted many responses, some that contradict Autor, and some that concur.
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Nancy Hernandez
3/28/2013 02:51:35 pm
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Viridiana Delgado
3/28/2013 03:18:24 pm
In Benyamin Appelbaum's article "Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents," he talks about the impact and results of not being raised by both parents. "Only 63 percent of children lived in a household with two parents in 2010,(Autor)" the other percentage is how many kids are being raised, majority of them with their mother. When sons are raised by their mother, they don't become that much more successful, whether as to their daughters end up becoming college students with degrees. Leaving the guys out, making them less successful, and "less attractive." Most men still have higher wages than women, but with time, the numbers are soon catching up. People that don't attend college have harder time getting a job leaving them behind, they are slowly realizing they need to start attending, because the women are on their A game. A solution for this could be that more couples get married, stable families show better support, and have healthier, more educated life's.
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Daniel Gonzalez
3/28/2013 03:32:22 pm
In the article "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents" by Binyamin Appelbaum, his premise is that because off more single parenting is going on now, that women are being able to strife more in the demand to get a college education than males do. Many of the research done in this article says that males that are being taken care of by single mothers are having less success than daughters being cared for by their single mother. These daughters would have a higher success rate in the workforce than the males do. This was followed by the idea that women are easier to teach than males. Like Wendy said, more women are going to college than males is because the are noticing the "price signals" and how the impact of an education really effect how much you earn in your lifetime, as the guys aren't doing so great at that. The guys aren't quite aware of the "price signal" because by many generations they were used to working in production or some sort of hard labor job that really didn't need alot of education, but as times is passing and our technology is increasing many of those jobs are being done by machines, which leaves many males without jobs. The main reason why this is all changing is really the increasing rate of separation marriage. Since the single mother is now responsible to take care of their son/daughter it is there solemn duty to provide the best for their family, which makes them figure out the best way that they can earn as much money as they can in this world, thus by getting a college education and getting the jobs that involves the knowledge that they acquired. All this makes it an vicious cycle. Since all the females are taking all the jobs that involve a college education and all the males hope for a job in the manufacturing business then they are out off luck, because in today's world those jobs are being done by machines more and more. Sooner or later if men don't take the precautions on the importance of getting a college education, than many of them will start to go jobless. The way that we could fix this dilemma would be that the government would help encourage marriage and not separate. Just like Jose said, if both parents where there to support for their family there would be a separation on supporting their family, which will soon end the vicious cycle that is starting to increase more often.
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Carlos Gutierrez
3/28/2013 06:30:39 pm
In the New York Times article, “Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents” by Binyamin Appelbaum, he states that women are raising in the labor charts. Appelbaum claims that women are responding to to the increase in demand for more educated people to join the workforce where as men are falling behind and becoming more undesireable to employers. A professor, Autor, claims that single parent households create students that will underachieve which would in turn make them the next generation of parents of lo-income students. Appelbaum states that women are taking the bull by the horns and thinking like economists, responding to the need of educated workers by heading in record numbers to colleges and universities across the country. Men on the other hand, are lagging behind and not responding nearly as well as women. Autor claims that women are much more easy to teach, which would explain the reason as to why women are now dominating most universities. Although men still get payed more on average, women are raising fast on the economic and labor charts.
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Nicole LeMieux
3/29/2013 09:49:34 am
In Binyamin Appelbaum's article, "Study of Men's Falling Income Cites Single Parents," he discusses the potentially negative impacts that single-parenting can have on a child's future education and employment opportunities.Women have responded to the labor market's call for more education, and men do not appear to have been able to do so, which is puzzling economists.The author claims that sons of single mothers are less successful than they would be if they came from a two-parent household, and that daughters from a single parent household are more likely to go to college than their male counterparts. The current economic trend is that children from single parent households do significantly worse in regards to continuing education, but that the gender gap has less concrete evidence. The potentially vicious cycle created by this trend is that sons of single mothers, who are prone to be less successful than sons from two-parent households, appear less appealing to women, leaving the mother of their children with the dilemma of whether or not to raise their children independently. Today, more women are choosing to do so, leaving the unsuccessful fathers of their children. This cycle can be stopped if people are educated on this unfortunate trend and equal opportunities are provided to children of varying backgrounds. If parents learn about the current economic trends, they have the power to influence their children to break the cycle, and essentially it is up to the American education system to reach out and provide a safety net for underprivileged children.
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Elaine Verbera
4/17/2013 06:37:00 am
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