Gender and well-being around the world

Carol Graham and Soumya Chattopadhyay

International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2013, vol. 1, issue 2, 212-232

Abstract: We explore gender differences in reported well-being around the world, both across and within countries - comparing age, income, and education cohorts. We find that women have higher levels of well-being than men, with a few exceptions in low income countries. We also find differences in the standard relationships between key variables - such as marriage and well-being - when differential gender rights are accounted for. We conclude that differences in well-being across genders are affected by the same empirical and methodological factors that drive the paradoxes underlying income and well-being debates, with norms and expectations playing an important mediating role.

Keywords: economic science; psychological science; well-being; gender; women; demographics; global survey; age; income; education. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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