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标题：Living Arrangements Matter Not Just to Your Parents but Also to Policymakers
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作者：Guillaume Vandenbroucke
期刊名称：Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Regional Economist
出版年度：2015
出版社：Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
摘要：T he United States has 115 million house- holds, the makeup of which varies across the board. Some people live alone. In other households, many people reside—the average is 2.6. Some occupants are married. Some are cohabiting. Some have never married . Should t he composit ion of U.S. hou seholds and the living arra ngements of people in them matter to economists and policy- ma kers. Yes. Think of unemployment and income inequalit y, for example. No question, these are issues of interest to policymakers. The decision to look for a job, as well as some measures of income inequ alit y, are closely connected wit h t he living arrangements people choose, as I will show in this article wit h a few stat istics