@techreport{4cf20b485e9b487db63e1e523707350f,
title = "Relative Income, the Breadwinner Norm, and Mental Health in Couples",
abstract = "The share of couples where the wife out-earns the husband is increasing in manycountries. In this paper, I investigate how this income dynamic affects mental health.Using data on all Swedish couples who married in 2001, I show that mental health ispositively associated with own and spousal income. However, it is negatively linked tothe wife{\textquoteright}s relative income. Crossing the threshold where the wife starts earning moreincreases the likelihood of a mental health diagnosis by 8-12 per cent. This effect does not appear driven by divorce or spouses being on different income trajectories.",
keywords = "gender, mental health, income, relative income, I12, I21, I31, J16, J24",
author = "Demid Getik",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
series = "Working Papers",
publisher = "Lund University, Department of Economics",
number = "2022:10",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Lund University, Department of Economics",
}
