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The effects of adverse childhood experiences on adults' subjective wellbeing
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
Using four cross-sectional data files for the United States and Europe we show that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) have a significant impact on subjective wellbeing (SWB) in adulthood. Death of a parent, parental separation or divorce, financial difficulties, the prolonged absence of a...
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Fathering daughters and personality
Lent, Max van - 2022
The big five personality traits develop over a person's lifetime. There is some suggestive evidence that major life events - such as getting married, being fired from a job, and having children - affect personality. However, these associations cannot be interpreted as causal. This is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805402
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being when facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people's forecast of their life...
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Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes : evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco (contributor);  … - 2005
-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common …We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280834
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Work and family : marriage, children, child gender and the work hours and earnings of West German men
Choi, Hyung-Jai (contributor); Joesch, Jutta M. (contributor) - 2005
We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115147
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Parental separation and the formation of economic preferences
Dahmann, Sarah Christina; Kettlewell, Nathan; Lam, Jack - 2022
. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …
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Locus of control and marital satisfaction : couple perspectives using Australian data
Lee, Wang-Sheng; McKinnish, Terra G. - 2019
We investigate the effect of own and partner locus of control (LOC) on marital satisfaction using household longitudinal data from Australia. We also examine how the evolution of marital satisfaction over time depends on LOC. LOC indicates whether one believes that one's outcomes are more under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109472
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Searching on campus? : marriage market effects of the student gender composition
Pestel, Nico - 2017
This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German Microcensus data and aggregate information on the student sex ratio by field of study for 41 different fields from 1977 to 2011. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students...
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The gender gap in wages over the life course : evidence from a British cohort born in 1958
Joshi, Heather; Bryson, Alex; Wilkinson, David; Ward, Kelly - 2019
explain in our models. Family formation primarily affects the GWG through its impact on work experience. Family composition is … similar for male and female workers but attracts opposite wage premia. Not all of the GWG however is linked to family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130084
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Childhood sexual abuse and later-life economic consequences
Barrett, Alan; Kamiya, Yumiko - 2012
The impact of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on later-life health outcomes has been studied extensively and links with depression, anxiety and self-harm have been established. However, there has been relatively little research undertaken on the possible impact of CSA on later-life economic...
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