Money, Sex and Happiness: An Empirical Study

The links between income, sexual behavior and reported happiness are studied using recent data on a sample of 16,000 adult Americans. The paper finds that sexual activity enters strongly positively in happiness equations. Higher income does not buy more sex or more sexual partners. Married people ha...

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Volume:	106
Main Author:	David G. Blanchflower Andrew J. Oswald
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	Oxford, UK; Malden, USA Blackwell Publishers 01.09.2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/Inc WILEY Wiley Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	The Scandinavian journal of economics Vol. 106; no. 3; pp. 393 - 415
Data of publication:	20040901
ISSN:	0347-0520 1467-9442 1467-9442
EISSN:	1467-9442
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Subjects:	Human sexual behavior Divorce Happiness Social research Social surveys Men Wellbeing Observational studies Unemployment Sexual partners income D6 sexual behavior J0 sex H0 subjective well‐being Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Psychological aspects Income distribution Demographic aspects Social aspects Sex United States income SATISFACTION sexual behavior happiness PREFERENCES subjective well-being sex UTILITY UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	Fulltext
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