Headline Roundup • September 23rd, 2024
Researchers Find Online Dating Has Contributed to Wealth Inequality
Culture,Economy And Jobs,Wealth Inequality,Income Inequality,Young People,Sex,Gender,Technology,Internet,Family And Marriage
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A new report based on research from the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Dallas and Haverford College found online dating has contributed significantly to income inequality.
The Details: The report blamed 50% of the rise in income inequality between 1980 and 2020 on how dating preferences have changed with online dating. The report found that the Gini coefficient - a popular way of assessing income inequality - rose by 3%.
Changing Preferences: Looking at data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey from 2008 to 2021, researchers found women to become more selective when choosing partners based on the parameter of age, while men became more selective based on education. It also found that across the board, both genders became less selective regarding race and ethnicity.
For Context: Over the past few years, dating culture has also been affected by political polarization, with women becoming much more liberal while men have only become marginally more liberal. More recently, media across the spectrum have commented on the decreasing popularity of online dating apps.
How The Media Covered It: The report has been covered sporadically by mainstream media outlets since it was published on September 12. The Independent (Lean Left bias) noted that nearly 60 million Americans use dating apps like Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder. It also highlighted previous research that found people to be “most selective” with race when dating. Fortune (Center bias) incorporated some of Bloomberg’s (Lean Left bias) coverage into its own.
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Swiping dating app profiles goes beyond figuring out who gives you the ick — it may also encourage wealth disparity.
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But using the apps to find the ‘one’ means you could be contributing to income inequality, according to research from the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Dallas and Haverford College.
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