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 …

"Looking across many diseases, average health among mature men is much worse in America compared to England. Second …, there exists a steep negative health gradient for men in both countries where men at the bottom of the economic hierarchy … or individual self-reports. In contrast to these disease based measures, health of American men appears to be superior to …

Using data across countries and over time we show that women are unhappier than men in unhappiness and negative affect … reveal that women's happiness was more adversely affected by the COVID shock than men's, but also that women's happiness … days with bad mental health and more restless sleep. Women are also less satisfied with many aspects of their lives such as …