Income, personality, and subjective financial well-being: the role of gender in their genetic and environmental relationships

dc.citation.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01493
dc.citation.issn1664-1078
dc.citation.jtitleFrontiers in Psychology
dc.citation.spage16
dc.citation.volume6
dc.contributor.authorZyphur, M. J.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Wendong
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Z.
dc.contributor.authorArvey, R. D.
dc.contributor.authorBarsky, A. P.
dc.contributor.authoreidwendong
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-06T15:16:26Z
dc.date.available2016-04-06T15:16:26Z
dc.date.published2015
dc.descriptionCitation: Zyphur, M. J., Li, W. D., Zhang, Z., Arvey, R. D., & Barsky, A. P. (2015). Income, personality, and subjective financial well-being: the role of gender in their genetic and environmental relationships. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 16. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01493
dc.descriptionIncreasing levels of financial inequality prompt questions about the relationship between income and well-being. Using a twins sample from the Survey of Midlife Development in the U. S. and controlling for personality as core self-evaluations (CSE), we found that men, but not women, had higher subjective financial well-being (SFWB) when they had higher incomes. This relationship was due to 'unshared environmental' factors rather than genes, suggesting that the effect of income on SFWB is driven by unique experiences among men. Further, for women and men, we found that CSE influenced income and SFWB, and that both genetic and environmental factors explained this relationship. Given the relatively small and male-specific relationship between income and SFWB, and the determination of both income and SFWB by personality, we propose that policy makers focus on malleable factors beyond merely income in order to increase SFWB, including financial education and building self-regulatory capacity.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/32475
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01493
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSubjective Financial Well-Being
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectIncome
dc.subjectCore Self Evaluations
dc.subjectStructural Equation Modelling
dc.subjectSurvey Of Midlife Development In The U.
dc.titleIncome, personality, and subjective financial well-being: the role of gender in their genetic and environmental relationships
dc.typeArticle

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