@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4200, author={Stevenson, Betsey and Wolfers, Justin}, title={The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness}, year={2009}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={4200}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4200}, abstract={By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women’s declining relative well-being is found across various datasets, measures of subjective well-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging − one with higher subjective well-being for men.}, keywords={job satisfaction;women's movement;gender;happiness;life satisfaction;subjective well-being}, }