Is mariage worth anything?
Many people have said being married is a pain. However, researchers have said that marriage can actually save people money. If someone lives alone, they buy groceries for 1 person, however, usually the servings are enough to feed at least 2. When a married couple goes to buy groceries, they spend the same about. But they are both eating. It is also cheaper to house a couple than 1 person.
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"Some of that effect is due to economies of scale ... that is, two people can live more cheaply than one," said Zagorsky.
I think that this is a very unique concept. It also shows that it is only a slight cost to get married. Two reasons it is better to get married; it saves you both money on food and rent(just two of the many reasons). Maybe this is why marriage was invented? It was a simple way for everyone to save money? Over the years marriage has lost a sence of worth, so I can see how this concept was thought up.
You could argue that it is also a cheap alternative to a diet? This concept states that you buy for two the same as you do for one, so it would also make sense that you would eat less because two have to eat not just one anymore. But this is a very unique way of thinking, a method to economics that I hope does not catch on.
However, not all married couples both supply an income to the familly. While it is indeed cheaper to split the bill for a house with someone else, if that someone else isn't contributing... the bill doesn't get any smaller. Furthermore, there is the increased consumption of the additional person without additional income, and then the kids start showing up....
Is it really cheaper to house a couple? What if your partner is expensive, they intend to buy everything name brand verses the cheap stuff that you buy. There is also a chance that your partner gets cold easily (gas bill goes higher), takes longer showers (water bill goes higher), or never turns off the lights (electricity bill goes higher) then you might be paying more. When you are with someone you have to worry about other expensive that a single person doesn't have to like anniversaries, birthdays, petty gifts and allot more other things. Then there is always the chance of the marriage not working out which ends up in a divorce and everyone knows divorces are expensive. Having children are always expensive and time consuming. In some ways marriage is cheaper but in some perspective marriage is expensive.
Well, this question is interesting. Actually, I heard that someone have asked this quetion to a interviewer on a radio and the interviewer decided to answer him like this:"A marriage to the right person is worth it. A marriage to the wrong person is not. How can you decide who the right person is?"
Yes, for couples who have a ideal marriage rightnow would obsolutely agree with you. But how about others? Maybe we can't see this question in economic thinking.
It's important to keep in mind that there are going to be costs getting married and there will be costs staying single. The purpose of marriage isn't to save money- and being married doesn't ensure that people will be saving money, just like being single may or may not be more expensive. I don't think this concept is entirely true, but I do know that it wouldn't be very good if more people married for simply economic savings.
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