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    The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness

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    Authors
    Sohn, Kitae
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sohn, K. 2016. The Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness. Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement. 126 (3): pp. 1007-1024.
    Source Title
    Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
    DOI
    10.1007/s11205-015-0934-5
    ISSN
    0303-8300
    School
    Department of Economics & Property
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51866
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.Few studies have examined spousal income in the context of happiness. This paper analyzes the Indonesia family life survey and finds a positive relationship between the husband’s income and his wife’s happiness. Specifically, a 100 % increase in the husband’s income is related to a 0.72 % point increase in his wife expressing very happy, which is about 11 % of the proportion expressing that response. Surprisingly, among the husband’s characteristics, only his income (along with health) is statistically significantly related to his wife’s happiness. This positive relationship is particularly strong among old, educated, and poor (in absolute and relative terms) urban residents.

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