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Subjective well-being in Italian regions : a panel data approach

Magazzino, Cosimo; Leogrande, Angelo - In: Applied econometrics and international development 21 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23

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High development and fertility: fertility at older reproductive ages and gender equality explain the positive link

Myrskylä, Mikko; Kohler, Hans-Peter; Billari, Francesco C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2011

A fundamental reversal of the traditional fertility-development relationship has occurred in highly developed countries so that further socioeconomic development is no longer associated with decreasing fertility, but with increasing fertility. In this paper, we seek to shed light on the...

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Family, money, and health: regional differences in the determinants of life cycle life satisfaction

Margolis, Rachel; Myrskylä, Mikko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

We examine how family, money, and health explain variation in life satisfaction (“happiness”) over the life cycle …. Globally, these factors explain a substantial fraction of happiness, increasing from 12 percent in young adulthood to 15 … in the wealthier, and income in the poorer regions of the world. Family explains a substantial fraction of happiness only …

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New cohort fertility forecasts for the developed world

Myrskylä, Mikko; Goldstein, Joshua R.; Cheng, Yen-hsin … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

The 1970s worries of the "population bomb" were replaced in the 1990s with concerns of population aging driven by falling birth rates. Across the developed world, the nearly universally-used fertility indicator, the period total fertility rate, fell well below two children per woman. However,...

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Gibt es eine zunehmende bildungsspezifische Polarisierung der Erwerbsmuster von Frauen? Analysen auf Basis der Mikrozensen 1976-2004

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Konietzka, Dirk; Geisler, Esther; … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

This paper examines the development of female and maternal labor market participation in western Germany. We discuss major forces that contribute to educational differences in female employment behavior. The empirical investigation draws on data from the scientific-use-files of the...

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To what extent do rising mortality inequalities by education and marital status attenuate the general mortality decline? The case of Finland in 1971-2030

Shkolnikov, Vladimir M.; Andreev, Evgueni M.; Jdanov, … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009

This study examines the relationship between growing inequality within the population, and the general mortality decline in Finland after 1971. The general mortality trend is considered as a simultaneous shift of population groups toward lower mortality over time, with the group-specific...

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The Generations and Gender Contextual Database: concepts and content

Spielauer, Martin - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2004

This paper aims at contributing to a proposal for the concept and content of the Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Program. We develop guidelines for data collection by identifying the main focus, the key dimensions as well as the main data types of the GGP Contextual Database....

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The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Program

Spielauer, Martin - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

The increasing recognition that the study of human behaviors has to take into account the multiple contexts in which they occur has opened a promising research avenue in social sciences. It also presents new challenges, e.g., to complement micro-level surveys with the collection of meaningful...

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Childlessness and educational attainment among Swedish women born in 1955-59

Hoem, Jan M.; Neyer, Gerda R.; Andersson, Gunnar - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2005

In this paper, we extend the concept of educational attainment to cover the field of education attained in addition to the conventional level of education. Our empirical investigation uses register records containing childbearing and educational histories of an entire cohort of women born in...

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Education and permanent childlessness: Austria vs. Sweden; a research note

Neyer, Gerda R.; Hoem, Jan M. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008

In this research note we extend our previous study of the association between educational attainment and permanent childlessness in Sweden (Hoem et al., 2006) to cover Austria, and we make comparisons between the two countries. In both investigations we have defined educational attainment in...

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