@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp11043,
            	author={Chen, Shuai and Ours, Jan C. van},
            	title={Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different?},
            	year={2017},
	month={Sep},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={11043},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11043},
	abstract={Partnered individuals are happier than singles. This can be because partnership leads to more satisfactory subjective well-being or because happier people are more likely to find a partner. We analyze Dutch panel data to investigate whether there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective well-being. Our data allow us to distinguish between marriage and cohabitation and between same-sex partnerships and opposite-sex ones. Our results support the short-term crisis model and adaptation theory. We find that marital partnership improves well-being and that these benefits are homogeneous to sexual orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and disruption, we discover that the well-being effects are symmetric. Finally, we find that marriage improves well-being for both younger and older cohorts while cohabitation only benefits younger cohort.},
	keywords={subjective well-being;happiness;marriage;cohabitation;sexual orientation},
            }