TY - JOUR
AU1 - Groot, Wim
AU2 - Van Den Brink, Henriëtte
AB - Within marriages husbands typically tend to be older and higher educated than their wife. This paper tries to explain this by analyzing whether age and education differences between spouses have an effect on happiness. Two alternative hypotheses are tested on the relation between age and education gaps between partners and life satisfaction. It is found that a positive age gap between husband and wife increases both male and female life satisfaction, while female life satisfaction increases if the education gap is smaller.
TI - Age and Education Differences in Marriages and their Effects on Life Satisfaction
JF - Journal of Happiness Studies
DO - 10.1023/A:1019673927286
DA - 2004-10-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/age-and-education-differences-in-marriages-and-their-effects-on-life-4Dzwe1qzKn
SP - 153
EP - 165
VL - 3
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -