Share Sources: “Using the March 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we estimated standard human capital regressions, expanded to include race, Hispanic origin, and presence of children. Among men, ages 25-49, the coefficient on being married implied a 34 percent earnings advantage over the never-married, a 25 percent advantage over separated men, and a 21 percent [...]

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Share Direct source: “Model 3 includes a dichotomous variable measuring premarital sex and indicates that women who had their first sexual encounter prior to first marriage are about 34% more likely to experience marital dissolution at each point in their marriages (and for each year that they delay sex, the risk of marital disruption is [...]

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ShareToday, the Love and Fidelity Network is pleased to introduce an intercollegiate advertising campaign with the prominent tagline “My sexual choices now are making a difference.” This campaign–presented by 19 colleges and universities (including five Ivy Leagues) through 9,000 posters–sends the message that college students’ current sexual choices can increase their confidence in achieving other [...]

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When people who have a high need for achievement—and that includes all Harvard Business School graduates—have an extra half hour of time or an extra ounce of energy, they’ll unconsciously allocate it to activities that yield the most tangible accomplishments. And our careers provide the most concrete evidence that we’re moving forward. You ship a product, finish a design, complete a presentation, close a sale, teach a class, publish a paper, get paid, get promoted. In contrast, investing time and energy in your relationship with your spouse and children typically doesn’t offer that same immediate sense of achievement. Kids misbehave every day. It’s really not until 20 years down the road that you can put your hands on your hips and say, “I raised a good son or a good daughter.” You can neglect your relationship with your spouse, and on a day-to-day basis, it doesn’t seem as if things are deteriorating. People who are driven to excel have this unconscious propensity to underinvest in their families and overinvest in their careers—even though intimate and loving relationships with their families are the most powerful and enduring source of happiness.

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ShareThe Macy’s on 34th Street in New York City boasts a bright, glittery, larger-than-life sign that says “Believe”. Indeed, this is the season for belief, and as people bustle around, making purchases and catching up with family and friends, or taking some well-deserved time off, we invite you to think about this concept of “belief.” [...]

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In the realm of sexuality, for instance, we are told that personal sacrifice and self-control is unnecessary. Moreover, we are told abstinence is unnatural — even unhealthy — and should be avoided. The very term “abstinence” takes on an ostensibly negative connotation: who would want to abstain from a desirable good? Yet, the misunderstanding and hostility surrounding abstinence is unfortunate, because it misses the point entirely.

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The University and individual students have the responsibility to consider marital stability when making policy and personal decisions.

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