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dc.contributor.authorStark, Odeden
dc.contributor.authorRendl, Franzen
dc.contributor.authorJakubek, Marcinen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-07-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-09T10:38:43Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-09T10:38:43Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-56496en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45795-
dc.description.abstractLet a society's unhappiness be measured by the aggregate of the levels of relative deprivation of its members. When two societies of equal size, F and M, merge, unhappiness in the merged society is shown to be higher than the sum of the levels of unhappiness in the constituent societies when apart; merger alone increases unhappiness. But when societies F and M merge and marriages are formed such that the number of households in the merged society is equal to the number of individuals in one of the constituent societies, unhappiness in the merged society is shown to be lower than the aggregate unhappiness in the two constituent societies when apart. This result obtains regardless of which individuals from one society form households with which individuals from the other, and even when the marriages have not (or not yet) led to income gains to the married couples from increased efficiency, scale economies, and the like. While there are various psychological reasons for people to become happier when they get married as opposed to staying single, the very formation of households reduces social distress even before any other happiness-generating factors kick in.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences |cTübingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aUniversity of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance |x10en
dc.subject.jelD0en
dc.subject.jelD10en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMerger of populationsen
dc.subject.keywordIntegration of societiesen
dc.subject.keywordUnhappinessen
dc.subject.keywordMarriagesen
dc.subject.keywordRelative Deprivationen
dc.titleThe merger of populations, the incidence of marriages, and aggregate unhappiness-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn661577287en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:tuewef:10en

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