Happiness
The Cash Value of Emotions
Kabeer Sharma
Kabeer Sharma
25 Nov, 2009
Finally! Documentary evidence that men are much more emotional than women.
Finally! Documentary evidence that men are much more emotional than women. Australian economist Paul Frijters has put a price on happiness and sadness, according to gender. He has studied about 10,000 people since 2001 to arrive at a calculation that says: marriage is worth almost Rs 13.87 lakh to a man and a mere Rs 6.93 lakh to a woman. Divorce makes a man feel he has lost Rs 47.40 lakh, while women grieve only for Rs 3.85 lakh. Birth of a child gives a man Rs 13.87 lakh worth of happiness, while women only manage Rs 3.85 lakh. The death of a partner or child weighed Rs 2.6 crore for a man, but only Rs 56.22 lakh for women. Still say ‘mard ko dard nahin hota?’
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