Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - HAL - 2011
This paper asks whether a gap in spouses' subjective happiness matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use … larger happiness gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation. This association … into account by any existing economic models of the household. The relationship between happiness gaps and divorce is …