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Coach Laura's Life and Work Blog: Should you change your name upon marriage?
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Coach Laura's Life and Work Blog. Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Should you change your name upon marriage? Published in 2010 by researchers from the Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research, Tilburg University in Holland suggests that the penalty for a change - resulting from the opinion or prejudice of others - might be $500,000 over the course of a woman's career. Smart Money has a good summary of the research methods here. The title of the Smart Money article is. Are Maiden Names Worth $500,000?