In addition to other potential advantages to women of married life–including financial support, household labor help, and co-parenting–this article refers to [a study](http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/uploads/paper/document/47/marriagepremium_completemanuscript.pdf) by Alexandra Killewald and Margaret Gough that found an earnings premium for married women.

More about Gough and Killewald’s work cited in Forbes piece on benefits of marriage for women >