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Money, Sex and Happiness: An Empirical Study
David G. Blanchflower Dartmouth College - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Bank of England Andrew J. Oswald University of Warwick - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 106, No. 3, pp. 393-415, September 2004 Abstract: 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 have more sex than those who are single, divorced, widowed or separated. The happiness-maximizing number of sexual partners in the previous year is calculated to be 1. Highly educated females tend to have fewer sexual partners. Homosexuality has no statistically significant effect on happiness. Accepted Paper Series Date posted: December 08, 2004 ; Last revised: December 12, 2004Suggested CitationContact Information
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