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Changes in income don't make people happier in the long term. See Hedonic Adaptation: http://mit.edu/people/shanefre/HedonicAdaptation.pdf http://mit.edu/people
by byrneseyeview 19y ago
Changes in income don't make people happier in the long term. See Hedonic Adaptation: http://mit.edu/people/shanefre/HedonicAdaptation.pdf http://mit.edu/people/shanefre/HedonicAdaptation.pdf
- amichail 19y agoIn the case of women, I think it's more that you are replacing one set of problems with another set of possibly more severe problems. The reason we are on this forum in the first place is that we don't like the most common form of work, where you are not in control. So why would you expect women to be happier when they transition from just being a housewife to also (mostly) working for others?
- byrneseyeview 19y agoI'm not aware of any studies about happiness and its relation to freedom, so I don't know if that's true. My anecdotal impression is that caring for a child full-time is extremely difficult -- which is why the daycare industry exists.