The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.Few studies have examined spousal income in the context of happiness. This paper analyzes the Indonesia family life survey and finds a positive relationship between the husband’s income and his wife’s happiness. Specifically, a 100 % increase in the...
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| description | © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.Few studies have examined spousal income in the context of happiness. This paper analyzes the Indonesia family life survey and finds a positive relationship between the husband’s income and his wife’s happiness. Specifically, a 100 % increase in the husband’s income is related to a 0.72 % point increase in his wife expressing very happy, which is about 11 % of the proportion expressing that response. Surprisingly, among the husband’s characteristics, only his income (along with health) is statistically significantly related to his wife’s happiness. This positive relationship is particularly strong among old, educated, and poor (in absolute and relative terms) urban residents. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-518662017-09-13T15:37:22Z The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness Sohn, Kitae © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.Few studies have examined spousal income in the context of happiness. This paper analyzes the Indonesia family life survey and finds a positive relationship between the husband’s income and his wife’s happiness. Specifically, a 100 % increase in the husband’s income is related to a 0.72 % point increase in his wife expressing very happy, which is about 11 % of the proportion expressing that response. Surprisingly, among the husband’s characteristics, only his income (along with health) is statistically significantly related to his wife’s happiness. This positive relationship is particularly strong among old, educated, and poor (in absolute and relative terms) urban residents. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51866 10.1007/s11205-015-0934-5 Springer Netherlands restricted |
| spellingShingle | Sohn, Kitae The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness |
| title | The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness |
| title_full | The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness |
| title_short | The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness |
| title_sort | role of spousal income in the wife’s happiness |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51866 |