Myrskylä, Mikko; Margolis, Rachel - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
in fertility. However, most research on fertility and happiness uses cross-sectional data, hindering causal conclusions … education gain little in happiness from the birth of a child. Women experience stronger pre-birth highs and post-birth drops … than men. These results, which are similar in Britain and Germany, suggest that childbearing increases parental happiness …