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"The effect implies that a hypothetical doubling of advertising expenditure would result in a 3% drop in life satisfaction. That is approximately one half the a
by bayouborne 7y ago
"The effect implies that a hypothetical doubling of advertising expenditure would result in a 3% drop in life satisfaction. That is approximately one half the absolute size of the marriage effect on life satisfaction, or approximately one quarter of the absolute size of the effect of being unemployed."
Does marriage, on average, across cultures, have a proven detrimental effect on life satisfaction?
- djtriptych 7y agoI think they say "absolute size" to mean absolute value. e.g. 3% drop is half the absolute size of a 6% rise.
- bayouborne 7y agoah, thank you.
- dan-robertson 7y agoHigher, assuming that it came from this reference at the bottom of the article: https://www.pnas.org/content/100/19/11176 https://www.pnas.org/content/100/19/11176
- theonlyklas 7y agoExamining 87 countries (N = 292,525) covering a period of 29 years, marriage will increase life satisfaction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280308599_The_Life_Satisfaction_Advantage_of_Being_Married_and_Gender_Specialization https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280308599_The_Life_...