Happily Ever After? Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Happiness in Germany

By Anke C. Zimmermann, Richard A. Easterlin. 2006

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Together is better? Effects of relationship status and resources on young adults' well-being (2008, background): “For a variety of reasons, married people tend to have fewer psychological problems, are healthier, and more satisfied with life than the non-married (Coombs, 1991; Waite & Gallagher, 2000; Wilson & Oswald, 2005; Zimmermann & Easterlin, 2006).”
Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism (2009, unknown): “19 2004, Diener, Lucas, and Scollon 2006, Frey and Stutzer 2002, Helliwell and Putnam 2004, Winkelmann and Winkelmann 1998, Zimmermann and Easterlin 2006).”
The pains and pleasures of parenting: when, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? (2014, background): “Not surprisingly, past research suggests that having children in the home increases financial strain (McLanahan & Adams, 1987; Ross & Van Willingen, 1996; Umberson & Gove, 1989) and dissatisfaction with one’s financial situation (Zimmermann & Easterlin, 2006).”
Happy to Help? Exploring the Factors Associated with Variations in Rates of Volunteering Across Europe (2010, background): “Well-being research has often focused on the effects of what people receive—be it in the form of income (e.g., Easterlin 1995, 2001), affection from romantic relationships (Lucas et al. 2003; Zimmermann and Easterlin 2006 ), one’s friends and social networks (Argyle 1999; Helliwell and Putnam 2004;”
Psychological Well-being: Evidence Regarding its Causes and Consequences† (2009, background): “Some longitudinal studies have found that, while getting married is good for one’s psychological well-being, being married may not be (e.g. Zimmermann & Easterlin, 2006).”
How’s Life at Home? New Evidence on Marriage and the Set Point for Happiness (2017, unknown): “Zimmermann and Easterlin (2006) analyzed the GSOEP and found that when allowing age to vary ‘‘individuals who remain married two or more years do not revert to their baseline value before marriage’’.4 The authors explain that their results differ from Lucas et al. (2003) because of ‘‘their [Lucas…”
Financial satisfaction over the life course: The influence of assets and liabilities (2011, unknown): “…have shown to what extent short-term or long-term changes in well-being occur after important life events, including changes in marital status such as marriage (Lucas et al., 2003; Zimmermann and Easterlin, 2006), divorce (Lucas, 2005; Gardner and Oswald, 2006), and widowhood (Lucas et al., 2003).”
Happiness and Childbearing Across Europe (2012, background): “One popular hypothesis is that well-being is primarily determined by personality traits and other genetic factors and highly stable over the life course (Easterlin, 2003; Easterlin 2005; Behrman, Kohler, Skytthe, 2005).”