Arbeitspapier
Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?
This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likely for marriage and that there are large differences in the benefits from marriage between couples. Potential, as well as actual, division of labor seems to contribute to spouses' wellbeing, especially for women and when there is a young family to raise. In contrast, large differences in the partners' educational level have a negative effect on experienced life satisfaction.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1811
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
General Welfare; Well-Being
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
- Thema
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division of labor
marriage
selection
subjective well-being
Kausalanalyse
Deutschland
Ehe
Lebenszufriedenheit
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Stutzer, Alois
Frey, Bruno S.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2005
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Stutzer, Alois
- Frey, Bruno S.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2005
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