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Does Teleworking Affect Housework Division and Improve the Well-Being of Couples?

Giovanis, Eleftherios - 2018

This study examines the relationship between teleworking, gender roles and happiness of couples using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) during the period 1991-2009. Various approaches are followed, including Probit-adapted fixed effects, multinomial Logit and Instrumental...

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Life Insurance Holdings and Well-Being of Surviving Spouses

Harris, Timothy F. - 2016

Premature death of a breadwinner can have devastating financial consequences on surviving dependents. This study investigates the role of life insurance in mitigating the long-run financial consequences of spousal mortality. Using the Health and Retirement Study, we examine individuals whose...

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The Effects of Teleworking on Housework Division and Well-Being of Couples

Giovanis, Eleftherios - 2016

This study examines the relationship between teleworking, gender roles and happiness of couples using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the Understanding Society Survey (USS) during the period 1991-2012. Various approaches are followed, including Probit-adapted fixed...

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Widows' time, time stress and happiness: adjusting to loss

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - 2021

By age 77 a plurality of women in wealthy Western societies are widows. Comparing older (aged 70+) married women to widows in the American Time Use Survey 2003-18 and linking the data to the Current Population Survey allow inferring the short- and longer-term effects of an arguably exogenous...

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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

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

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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

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You can’t be happier than your wife. Happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 1, pp. 110-130

Based on three large panel surveys, this paper shows that happiness gaps between spouses are a good predictor of future divorce. The effect of happiness gaps is asymmetric: couples are more likely to break-up when the woman is the less happy partner. De facto, divorces appear to be initiated...

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Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type

Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

Relationships have changed dramatically in the last fifty years. Fewer couples are marrying, more are cohabiting. Reasons for this shift abound, but the shift may have consequences of its own. A number of models predict that those cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data...

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Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type

Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

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You Can’t Be Happier than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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