Who is happier: Housewife or working wife?

Edsel Beja

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Earlier research found no difference in the happiness between a housewife and a working wife. However, there now is the expectation that a difference in their happiness exists today given the increase in the labor participation of women over the years. This paper revisits the debate using data from the 2000s. For the upper- and low-income economies, there is still no difference in the happiness between a housewife and a working wife. In contrast, results for the middle-income economies clearly show that a part-time working wife is happier than a housewife and that both part-time working wife and housewife are happier than a full-time working wife.

Keywords: Housewife; working wife; happiness; life satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B54 C80 D60 I31 J12 J20 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08-05
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