Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?
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- Stutzer, Alois & Frey, Bruno S., 2006. "Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 326-347, April.
- Stutzer, Alois & Frey, Bruno S., 2005. "Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?," IZA Discussion Papers 1811, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
division of labor; marriage; selection; subjective well-being;JEL classification:
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2003-02-03 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2003-02-03 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2003-02-03 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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