Margolis, Rachel; Myrskylä, Mikko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010
The literature on fertility and happiness has neglected comparative analysis. We investigate the fertility-happiness … association using data for 86 countries. We find that globally, happiness decreases with the number of children. This association … happiness and fertility evolves from negative to neutral to positive above age 40, and is strongest among those who are likely …