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The effects of education on spouse's satisfaction in Europe

[journal article]

Garcia, Inmaculada
Molina, Jose Alberto
Navarro, María

Abstract

This paper identifies the effects of both own and spouse’s education levels on individual economic satisfaction for European households. To that end, it estimates several specifications based on the family collective approach, for each of the 14 EU countries, by using the eight waves of the European... view more

This paper identifies the effects of both own and spouse’s education levels on individual economic satisfaction for European households. To that end, it estimates several specifications based on the family collective approach, for each of the 14 EU countries, by using the eight waves of the European Community Household Panel-ECHP (1994-2001). After demonstrating that the IV Hausman-Taylor procedure is the selected estimation method in the majority of cases, the empirical results show that male and female income satisfaction significantly increases when the husband achieves higher education qualifications in the majority of European countries. However, the positive effect of the wife’s higher education on female income satisfaction only appears in a very limited number of countries. Additionally, increases in individual wage and non-wage incomes generally lead to higher satisfaction levels.... view less

Classification
Sociology of Economics

Document language
English

Publication Year
2008

Page/Pages
p. 3607-3618

Journal
Applied Economics, 42 (2008) 28

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802314572

ISSN
1466-4283

Status
Postprint; peer reviewed

Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)


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