Other-Regarding Preferences, Spousal Disability and Happiness: Evidence from German Couples

N. Braakmann
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This paper considers the impact of adverse health shocks that hit an individual’s partner on subjective well-being. Using data on couples from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2006, I compare the losses in well-being caused by own and spousal disability using panel-regressions. I find that women and to a lesser extent men are harmed by spousal disability which is consistent with the existence of other-regarding preferences within couples. The magnitude of effects suggests that spousal disability is about one quarter to one half as harmful as individual disability with larger effects being found for women.
他人偏好、配偶残疾与幸福:来自德国夫妇的证据
本文考虑了个人伴侣遭受的不良健康冲击对主观幸福感的影响。利用德国社会经济研究小组1984年至2006年的夫妻数据,我用小组回归法比较了自己和配偶残疾造成的幸福损失。我发现女性和男性在较小程度上受到配偶残疾的伤害,这与夫妻中存在的“他人优先”偏好是一致的。影响的程度表明,配偶残疾的危害大约是个人残疾的四分之一到一半,对女性的影响更大。
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