Betsey Stevenson

Betsey Stevenson
Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy
Faculty Research Fellow, NBER
Research Associate, UPenn Population Studies Center
Research Fellow, CESifo
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Wharton Faculty Page

Office Address
Business and Public Policy Department
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
1454 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6372
Phone: +1 (215) 898-3019
Fax: +1 (215) 898-7635
Cell: +1 (267) 495-6441
betseys@wharton.upenn.edu

Currently on leave at Princeton

What's New?

Research Paper: Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Research Paper: Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
New York Times: Summarizes my recent research on happiness and race
Research Paper: Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress
New York Times, Freakonomics: Divorce Reform Hits New York
New York Times, Room For Debate: Divorce and Domestic Violence
Research Paper: What explains the rapid increase in childcare time?
New York Times, Freakonomics: Al and Tipper: What Does It Mean?
New York Times, Room for Debate: Divorce: It's Not Always About You
NPR Marketplace: Having Kids Makes You Unhappy Right? (PDF Transcript) (MP3 audio)
Radio Health Journal: The Amazing Benefits of High School Sports (MP3 audio)
New York Times, Room for Debate: Different Incentives to Marry
Interview with Yale School of Management: What Are the Economics of Happiness?
Council on Contemporary Families: Who's Getting Married? Marriage and Education Today and in the Past
Research Paper: Inaccurate Age and Sex Data in Census PUMS Files: Evidence and Implications
NPR Marketplace: Divorced Couples Aren't The Half Of It (PDF transcript) (MP3 audio)
Radio Health Journal: Declining Happiness of Women (MP3 audio)
CNN Newsroom: Men Happier than Women? (PDF transcript) (MOV Video)
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Modern Woman Woes
The Today Show: Discussing Female Happiness (MOV Video) (html)
NPR Forum: Are Women Becoming Unhappier? (MP3 audio)
NPR Marketplace: Economists Don't Believe in Soul Mates (PDF transcript) (MP3 audio)
NPR Marketplace: Inherent Bias Must Be Acknowledged (PDF transcript) (MP3 audio)
New York Times, Room for Debate: Separate Spheres vs. Shared Lives
New York Times, Room for Debate: Unlucky in Labor, Unlucky in Love
Data: Calculate your cohort's divorce probability
Research Paper: Women's Education and Family Behavior
Research Paper: Economic Growth and Subjective Well-being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Boston Globe Interview: It turns out money really does buy happiness. Uh-oh.
Research Paper: Happiness Inequality in the United States
Economist Debates: America failing at happiness?

Send comments or questions to betseys@wharton.upenn.edu