that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show …

divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we … find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … in the effect of happiness gaps: couples are more likely to break-up when the difference in life satisfaction is …

to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more … by the effect of equality on men with middle and high incomes, and those on the political left. To the contrary, women … matters does overall not affect life satisfaction. However, women are more satisfied with their lives when discriminatory …

to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more … by the effect of equality on men with middle and high incomes, and those on the political left. To the contrary, women … matters does overall not affect life satisfaction. However, women are more satisfied with their lives when discriminatory …

Women?s lives and opportunities in the economically advanced industrialized countries have changed dramatically during … the last decades of the 20th century. One of the important implications of women?s increased labor force participation and … intensity, their improved occupational qualifications and corresponding earnings capacity is that women?s economic dependence on …

This paper uses Japanese data which includes measures of self-declared satisfaction, reference-group income, and the … colleagues, and compare their incomes more. The relationship between satisfaction and others' income is negative, and more … negative for those who report greater income comparison intensity. A self-reported measure of others' income does better than …

that accounting for own-use production changes considerably the picture on the work burden of men and women. …

This paper focuses on the German labor market for older workers. It does so in comparison with other countries and with …