There is a considerable amount of research on the effect of income on happiness, but only a
limited number of studies have considered how the spending of income works out on one's …

Aims. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and appraise the present state of
prevalence research on the mental health of polygynous women, or plural wives, and to …

In this paper we use a subjective well‐being approach to evaluate the welfare impact of
contract‐farming. We analyze the impact of contract‐farming on self‐reported happiness …

This paper uses 2005 Malawian data to investigate the link between crime and happiness in
Malawi. Detailed descriptive statistics reveal that crime is a gendered issue and econometric …

There is a lot of research on the relationship between income and happiness, but little
research into the relationship between wealth and happiness. Knowledge about the effects …

This paper explores factors affecting individual goal satisfaction in Bangladesh and
Thailand. Analysing the determinants of goal satisfaction in two countries at different levels …

Although it is oppressive to women, polygamy is still relevant in many contemporary African
societies, where the culturally acceptable identity of a woman is as a wife and mother, as …

This paper examines whether the mother's rank (whether she is a senior or junior wife) in
polygamous households in Côte d'Ivoire injects favoritism that could lead to differential …

Using panel data from rural Ethiopia, combined with a new data set containing daily
atmospheric parameters, we show that increased climate variability (a proxy for future …

Polygyny and multiple marital unions are generally associated with overall happiness
deficits, yet the rural-urban differentials of these associations are not thoroughly …