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“The most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry.”                                                                                                 Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg This career guidance makes good sense based on research. Several decades ago husbands were considered to be the sole breadwinners , whereas wives remained at home and were mainly involved in bringing up their children and doing household chores. In the last 40 years industrialized nations have witnessed remarkable changes in their labor market characteristics. One of the important observations is the steady increase of women’s participation in the paid workforce . Because of changing values and perception on women’s and men’s roles in society, the tasks of women are no longer confined to family and home-keeping , and men are no longer the sole breadwinners in the family. A relatively new partnership constellation is one in which both the partners are highly educated, possess a high upward c