Findings indicate that both higher-earning women as well as those with more advanced degrees are more likely to become self-employed, especially in the finance, education and health sectors.
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"The Republicans have mostly eliminated the marriage penalty, and a higher-earning spouse can effectively shield his or her income from higher taxes, " says Chris Edwards, tax policy director at the Cato Institute.
Banks have been riding a steep yield curve, meaning they borrow money at virtually no cost from the government and lend it out or invest it in higher-earning assets, profiting from the difference.
Bank-rolled by owner Bruce Craig, Bath will have money to spend on their squad next season with higher-earning captain Luke Watson leaving, former England international Danny Grewcock retiring and fly-half Butch James contemplating a return to South Africa.
But as the popularity of the brokerage services results in more people opening trading accounts with the company, this in-turn leads to higher interest-earning assets for Schwab.
Students who have travelled abroad are nearly twice as likely as their home-bound peers to complete a college degree and report earning higher incomes, out-earning their peers by more than 40%.
Just having the option to move back home provided enough of a psychological security net to allow them to be more discriminating about the kind of jobs they accepted, which translates to holding out for positions with higher long-term earning potential.
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The National Union of Students said the state should pay for higher education - but that high-earning graduates should pay more.
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Wal-Mart said the move will give part-time employees much higher earning potential.
They indicate the minimum score on each of the four subject tests for a student who has a 75% chance of earning a grade of C or higher or a 50% chance of earning a B or higher in a typical first-year college course.
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And domestic growth is becoming the important emerging-market story: hundreds of millions of people are earning enough to let them rapidly accumulate higher-value consumer goods, from cars to computers.
For many married couples, that 50% spousal benefit is often much higher than what the lower-wage-earning spouse could collect based on his or her own earnings record.
Low-earning women have a higher rate of employment instability because they tend to move in and out of jobs when they are forced to quit due to child-care arrangements falling through or having to deal with health issues of family members.
Especially in high-net-worth marriages, earning a higher income or owning greater personal assets than your husband makes for special considerations when it comes to divorce.
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On average, STEM careers offer higher earning potential and job stability than non-STEM careers.
In other words, exporters are earning higher margins, but there is not much sign - in a very challenging global environment - that they are building market share.
That is far higher than the 1% in annual interest investors are earning on bank deposits and money-market accounts, or the 2% they are earning on 10-year Treasurys.
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