[candybar]

Labor participation rates among women haven't changed drastically since the 80's. Also:

https://economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/06/22/us-household...

> In fact, this is also a period when the number of two-income households shrunk, from 35% in 1987 to 32% in 2020. During this time period, overall household income increased by 18.5% (inflation-adjusted with the CPI-U-RS). For households with just one earner, income increased by almost the exact same amount (19.1%). Income of two-earner households did increase even more (37.7%), so seeing the full distribution would be very useful.