‘Women’s aspiration to marry up, if they can, to a man who is better-educated and higher-earning persists in most European countries,’ she said.

专家还驳斥了英国首相卡梅伦为了“取悦”女性选民而倡导提供更多职位给女性的建议，专家很不屑，说道：“女人一般能嫁则嫁，嫁一个教育程度良好、经济条件优越的愿望是在欧洲绝大多数国家女性同胞们共有的梦想！”

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Research has revealed women who wear skirts and jackets are viewed as more confident, higher-earning and more flexible than those opting for a trouser suit.

研究发现，穿裙子和短上衣的女性与选择裤装的女性相比，看起来更自信、收入更高，而且适应能力也更强。

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That supposedly helps the poor. But Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist, says that the subsidies mainly benefit middle-income and higher-earning urban types; the rural poor use little fossil fuel.

发放补贴本是为了帮助穷人，但国际能源机构首席经济学家法提赫•比罗尔指出，得益于这些补贴的主要是城市里的中等及高等收入群体；贫穷的农村人很少消费化石燃料。

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Higher-earning families are another issue.

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Both would also use tax increases on higher-earning Americans, various other taxes, and reductions in payments to medical-care providers under the government Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay the costs of expanded insurance.

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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.

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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.

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