two-earner family
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition offamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The 'two-earnerfamily' soon became a fact with public policy working to support it.
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In the 1960s, no active decisions were made to merge thetwo-earnerfamilyconcept into official policy.
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In many cases the marginal tax effect nearly exceeded the woman's income, putting thetwo-earnerfamilyat an economic disadvantage.
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As the pattern of work has changed, so has the divide between the work-rich,two-earnerfamilyand the work-poor no-earner family.
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More particularly we transfer resources to thetwo-earnerfamilywithout dependants.
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Let us consider atwo-earnerfamilyfor whom the second income of more than £7,600 represents the earnings of half of all women in manual work.
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In atwo-earnerfamilywith four or five children, one person may be earning £20,000 and the other £15,000.
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It will mean that thetwo-earnerfamilywill also pay more tax.
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Alternative structural models for understanding adolescent problem behavior in two-earner families.
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Day care costs increased automatically as the number of two-earner families grew at a rate far beyond anything imagined in the 1960s.
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We are witnessing a growth in the number of pressurised, work-rich, two-earner families, and impoverished, marginalised work-poor families.
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Two-earner families are better treated than one-earner families by approximately one times the single person's allowance.
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Nevertheless, raising that threshold has prevented some two-earner families from losing out.
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If provision were to benefit mostly two-earner families, its impact on income distribution would not be to help poor people.
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I wonder, however, whether it really makes sense to provide a fiscal bias in favour of two-earner families.
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I would not for a moment argue in favour of discrimi-nation against two-earner families.
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Two-earner families become one-earner or no-earner families.
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Assistance that is focused especially on working women is likely to be of particular benefit to two-earner families, who, generally, are not at the bottom of the income scale.
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All two-earner families thus have to subsidize sole breadwinner families through the marriage bonus given to sole breadwinners.
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Two-earner families with incomes above $130,000 also save taxes by not being married.
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