Economists find rare empirical evidence of love in unique marriage survey
Monday, January 19, 2015 - 08:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Economists are not famed for their romantic insights. But a new study by two University of Virginia economists, Leora Friedberg and Steven Stern, has found quantitative evidence of love – something very few economic studies ever have claimed – in married couples' answers to two penetrating questions about the quality of their marriage, combined with their divorce rates six years later.