Marriage is worth ￡18,000 to men, but just ￡9,000 to women, according to an Australian economist who claims he has discovered a formula to determine the cost of happiness。
澳大利亞一名經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家日前稱他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)幸福計(jì)算公式。根據(jù)該公式，婚姻對(duì)于男性的價(jià)值相當(dāng)于1.8萬英鎊，對(duì)于女性相當(dāng)于九千英鎊。
Paul Frijters, a professor at Queensland University of Technology, has calculated a formula he claims delivers the monetary equivalent of the value of various milestones in life。
昆士蘭科技大學(xué)的保羅?弗里
The figures represent a lump sum a person would need to receive out of the blue in order to make him or her as happy as marriage would over a lifetime。
這些數(shù)目代表一個(gè)人需要一下子得到這么多金錢才能獲得和婚姻給他(她)一生所帶來的同等幸福感。
When it comes to divorce, a man would be so devastated it would feel as if he had lost ￡61,500. A woman would be far less traumatised, feeling as though she had only lost ￡5,000.
離婚對(duì)于男性來說是個(gè)毀滅性的打擊，會(huì)讓他們覺得就像損失了6.15萬英鎊，而對(duì)于女性的影響則要小得多，僅相當(dāng)于損失了五千英鎊。
Prof Frijters, who was this year named the best economist aged under 40, has tracked major life events of 10,000 people since 2001.
今年獲評(píng)四十歲以下杰出經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家的弗里
He said: "These are real people to whom unexpected things happen。
他說：“這些都是真人真事。”
"They were not selected because these things would happen and because of that, we can accurately compare their happiness before and after."
“我們沒有刻意挑選受訪者，因?yàn)檫@些事情總會(huì)發(fā)生，也正因?yàn)檫@一點(diǎn)，我們能精確地比較他們?cè)谑掳l(fā)前后的幸福感。”
Australians were asked to describe how satisfied they were with their lives on a scale of 0 to 10.
這些澳大利亞的受訪者被要求按照0分至10分對(duì)他們的生活滿意度進(jìn)行評(píng)級(jí)。
The most common number given was eight - but the answer changed after, and sometimes in anticipation of, major life events and also sudden changes in income。
最普遍的評(píng)分為8，但受訪者在經(jīng)歷某個(gè)人生重要事件之后評(píng)分會(huì)發(fā)生變化，有時(shí)在預(yù)料會(huì)發(fā)生某個(gè)重要事件或收入發(fā)生突然變化時(shí)，評(píng)分也會(huì)有變。
That enabled Prof Frijters to put cash values on the effects of happiness of major events such as marriage, divorce and illnesses。
根據(jù)該結(jié)果，弗里
He said: "Losing a loved one has a much bigger effect than gaining a loved one. There's a real asymmetry between life and death。
他說：“失去一個(gè)愛人比得到一個(gè)新歡所產(chǎn)生的影響大得多，生與死之間確實(shí)存在不對(duì)等性。”
"This shouldn't surprise us. Human beings seem primed to notice losses more than gains."
“我們不應(yīng)該感到驚訝。與得到的東西相比，人們總是更在意失去的。”
The death of a partner or child caused a woman ￡73,000 loss, while to a man, a similar loss was worth more than ￡350,000, according to the calculations。
根據(jù)該公式計(jì)算，伴侶或孩子的逝去對(duì)于女性來說相當(dāng)于損失7.3萬英鎊，而對(duì)于男性來說則相當(dāng)于損失了35萬英鎊以上。
Prof Frijters said: "This isn't the value of the life that's lost, that would be much higher of course。
弗里
"This is just the effect on the happiness of one person flowing from a death."
“這僅僅是失去某個(gè)親人對(duì)于人們幸福感的影響。”
Asked why his calculations show men much more affected by life's events than women, the professor could not give a reason, but said: "We know for instance that marriage improves the lives of men much more than women."
在被問及為什么重大人生事件對(duì)于男性的影響大于女性時(shí)，弗里
Professor Frijters concluded that money had a greater effect on happiness than previously thought。
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TABLE
重大人生事件的價(jià)值：
Marriage woman - ￡8, 726.25 man - ￡17, 675.68
結(jié)婚：女性/8, 726.25英鎊，男性/17, 675.68英鎊
Birth of child woman - ￡ 4, 866.77 man - ￡18, 236.39
孩子出生：女性/4, 866.77英鎊，男性/18, 236.39英鎊
Divorce woman - ￡4, 977.08 (loss) man - ￡61, 116.46 (loss)
離異：女性/-4, 977.08英鎊，男性/-61, 116.46英鎊
Death of a loved one woman - ￡73, 204.86 (loss) man - ￡350, 830.36 (loss)
親人去世：女性/-73, 204.86英鎊，男性/-350, 830.36英鎊
Illness woman - ￡28, 124.61(loss) man - ￡201, 264.68 (loss)
生?。号?/span>/-28, 124.61英鎊，男性/-201, 264.68英鎊
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