More Work Makes Happier Marriages?

New evidence is emerging that in couples who both work, both husbands and wives are happier in their marriages.

This is somewhat counterintuitive because common wisdom says that the more both halves of a couple work, the less time they have to spend with each other.

But evidence is mounting, HRE Online reports, that actually the challenges at work give people a sense of purpose and thus more energy at home.

The new study, from researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles and Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

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