Marriage The Key To Middle-Age Happiness

[icyfroth]

Researchers have shown that over the course of a lifetime, happiness generally follows a U-shaped curve.

Happiness is high when you're young, dips in middle age, and rises again going into your golden years. This makes some intuitive sense: middle age tends to be a time when obligations to career and family are at their highest.

The stress of juggling child-rearing and long hours at the office can take a toll on one's sense of well-being.

Wouldn't it be nice if there were some way to mitigate that dip in middle-age happiness, flatten out that U a bit? Turns out there is: you can get married.

In a new working paper, economists Shawn Grover and John Helliwell show the effect of marriage on a lifetime of happiness.They find married people are generally happier, and that the “happiness bonus” from marriage is strongest right in middle age – when you need it the most.

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[goldenjet16]

You women are tough around here. 😎

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[polksaladallie]

[j*oono]

Maybe it's because middle age is when most decide it's time to call it quits and divorce and so heading to your "golden years" you feel a whole lot happier.

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[cherry*135]

"Wouldn't it be nice if there were some way to mitigate that dip in middle-age happiness, flatten out that U a bit? Turns out there is: you can get married."

That is an odd statement isn't It? What about middle aged people who are already married? Single middle aged people who are already blissfully happy? Recently seperated/divorced middle aged people who are very happy?

Don't get that at all.

Strange topic for The Aust. Financial Review

[polksaladallie]

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@goldenjet16 wrote:
You women are tough around here. 😎

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