The cost of marriage A little boy asked his father: Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?

结婚付出的代价 一个小男孩问他的爸爸，结婚要花多少钱？

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The cost of marriage a little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?"

婚姻的成本一个小男孩问他的父亲，“爸爸，要花多少钱才能结婚呢？”

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A male user, "Yang Tingting", says "the cost of marriage nowadays is too high; people would rather live a different life. "

一名叫“杨廷廷（音译）”的男性用户说，“如今婚姻的代价太高，人们宁愿过不一样的生活。”

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Some Anglican churches have threatened to break away because of the ordination of a gay bishop by the Episcopal church in the US. Steve Gray of the UCC Indiana-Kentucky Conference said he supports gay marriage but worries about the cost of this decision.

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"Combine this with the fact that marriage can be an important source of income for women, and it follows that prostitution must pay better than other jobs to compensate for the opportunity cost of forgone-marriage market earnings, " Edlund and Korn conclude.

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It may also help to explain the unusually low marriage rates among the best-educated and best-paid women, for whom the opportunity cost of giving up a career to have children is greatest.

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