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dc.contributor.authorSohn, Kitae
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T02:46:56Z
dc.date.available2017-04-04T02:46:56Z
dc.date.created2017-04-03T10:56:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationSohn, 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.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51866
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11205-015-0934-5
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.titleThe Role of Spousal Income in the Wife’s Happiness
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume126
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage1007
dcterms.source.endPage1024
dcterms.source.issn0303-8300
dcterms.source.titleSocial Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
curtin.departmentDepartment of Economics & Property
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