Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich> - 2004
This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-beingin a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likelyfor marriage and that there are large differences in the benefits from marriage between couples.Potential, as...