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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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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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How policy matters: Germany’s parental leave benefit reform and fathers’ behavior 1999-2009

Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

In 2007, Germany enacted a radical new parental leave benefit scheme that grants parents 67 percent of their previous income, and includes two “daddy months.” In this paper, we use data from the German Microcensus for the period 1999 to 2009 to explore how this reform has changed fathers’...

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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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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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Fertility and family configurations in Sardinia

Bernardi, Laura; Oppo, Anna - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

In this paper we argue that the strength of intergenerational relationships in Italy is one important element in understanding low fertility in this country, but that the role that family plays in a couple’s fertility decisions needs to be understood in light of the wider context of normative...

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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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Consequences of family policies on childbearing behavior: effects or artifacts?

Neyer, Gerda R.; Andersson, Gunnar - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

This paper argues that theoretical and methodological aspects account for the ambiguous results of investigations into the effects of family policies on fertility. Theoretically we employ approaches of comparative welfare-state research, of the sociology of “constructed categories”, and of...

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Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59

Hoem, Jan M.; Neyer, Gerda R.; Andersson, Gunnar - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

This is the second of two companion papers addressing the association between educational attainment and fertility for some sixty educational groups of Swedish women, defined according to field of education as well as level of education. The first paper is about childlessness and education, the...

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