http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001015mag-frank.html
This stat was interesting:
"a woman in their sample was 16 to 25 times more likely to seek
paid employment if her sister's husband earned more than her own."
Frank never did convince me, however of this claim
"One possibility, of course, is that we
envy our neighbors' possessions more than we feel comfortable admitting.
But there's an alternative explanation, one that works even if we're really
not much concerned about keeping up with the Joneses."
Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444
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