attainment of parents. We then decompose the overall trend into a parental background effect, a general expansion effect and a … tertiary education can be explained by the fact that the gap in participation rates between women with lowly educated parents … and women with highly educated parents has narrowed. We then investigate the role of financial constraints in explaining …

This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic … children appear to compare their actual economic status with that of their parents, deriving large satisfaction gains from an … income rank that is higher than that of their parents. The effect is asymmetric with regard to parents, as these seem not to …

of parental income, and that children appear to compare their actual income situation with the aspiration level acquired …High parental income, while undeniably causing benefits for a child in terms of better access to education and more … favorable labor market outcomes, may at the same time increase a child's income aspirations and thereby reduce financial …

We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using a sample of 14 years old … children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In line with previous studies for the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden, we find a … negative correlation between disrupted family structure and children's educational outcome. Looking for alternative …

In present day Germany, one in seven children is raised in a single parent household. We investigate the effect of … single parenthood on children's educational attainment, measured by the school track at the age 14, using ordered probit … whether the family effect operates through resources - fewer income and parental time available for the child -, or through …

We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using 12-year-old children drawn … correlation between single motherhood and children's educational attainment. Looking for alternative explanations for this … background, lower household income and higher labor supply of the mother. Our evidence suggests that single motherhood reduces …

very strong assumptions. Measured income and life satisfaction offers an alternative for estimating such consumption … municipality of residence has a negative impact on own income satisfaction. …

the study of interdependent utility in general, and altruism between parents and children in particular. We introduce an … parents? self-reported happiness depends positively, albeit not very strongly, on the happiness of adult children who moved …

the study of interdependent utility in general, and altruism between parents and adult children who moved away from home … children. A one standard deviation move in the child's happiness has the same effect as a 45 percent move in household income. … for the years 2000-2004, find that the parents' self-reported happiness depends positively on the happiness of their adult …

the study of interdependent utility in general, and altruism between parents and children in particular. We introduce an … parents? self-reported happiness depends positively, albeit not very strongly, on the happiness of adult children who moved …