February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day
The economist Lena Edlund (whose own greatest hits include an economic “Theory of Prostitution”) finds that wherever the men are rich, the women are plentiful. Women outnumber men in the cities of almost every developed country, which is why the girls from “Sex and the City” were always grumbling that all the good men are taken. In Edlund’s home country, Sweden, the towns with the highest average male income are the towns with the largest proportion of women aged 25-34. Still think that money doesn’t buy love?
That’s me writing here.
There’s really no need to be so cynical:
Towns - white-collar jobs, cinemas, bars, restaurants, anonymity, socially progressive values, even cleaning jobs if necessary… for a single girl, what’s not to like?
Countryside - manual labour, patriarchal property inheritance, social conservatism, judgemental relatives… more opportunities for men.
Posted by: Dave | February 14th, 2008 at 11:45 am | Report this commentCambodian proverb: Wherever there is water, there are fish. Wherever there is money, there are women.
Posted by: ad | February 21st, 2008 at 8:24 pm | Report this comment