Income comparison, gender roles and life satisfaction

Jan Salland

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 20, 1436-1439

Abstract: This article uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to analyse the effect of within household income comparison on individual life satisfaction. Our within couple and individual fixed-effects panel estimates suggest that gender roles influence subjective well-being (SWB). A primary breadwinner wife decreases a couple’s individual happiness by eight per cent. The article adds to the findings on interdependence of SWB and hints at negative consequences of traditional gender identity norms for individual happiness.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1430305

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