We examine the differential effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in … groups. In a difference-in-differences design, we compare the change for individuals with children to the change for … individuals without children, accounting for unrelated trends as well as potential survey mode and context effects. We find that …

life satisfaction, reference income exerts a negative effect on individual well-being, a result consistent with the …

show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … fathers. This gender specialisation is mostly driven by opposing job location responses of men and women to individual …

labor and tackle the gender employment gap, but they are not sufficient for reducing the gender pay gap …

In most research on Life Satisfaction (LS), it is assumed that the covariates of high and low LS are the same for …

study the effect of grandparents looking after grandchildren on quality of life and life satisfaction of grandparents. We …, they are 2.9% less likely to report symptoms of depression, the amount of support that they receive from their children … to grandfathers. The favorable effect on life satisfaction is primarily directly attributable to caring for grandchildren …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate … diagnoses among Danish children with register data for affected and matched unaffected families. Parental income declines …’ preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes …

-- on children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic … robust positive parental leave effects on life satisfaction. We also analyze whether the increase in life satisfaction is … the increase in life satisfaction might be partially explained by personality development for individuals from low …