97. Are Women Really Less Happy Than Men?
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In forty years, I'm going to start a podcast and rip you a new one. Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show, why are women's happiness levels so much lower than men's? I as a woman was like
What? Angie. There is a new working paper out by the economists David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson. About what's been called the female happiness paradox. Are you familiar with the female happiness paradox?
I saw that paper, but I have to say, prior to that paper, I had never heard of the female happiness paradox. Makes for a good title, though. It may be a little spicier than it is accurate. But here's how they define The paradox. It's the notion that women are happier than men in happiness equations, but also
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