affect well-being, and to what degree can they account for the life satisfaction path followed during young adulthood? To … transitions undergone during each age interval are examined. Life satisfaction at ages 22 to 40 follows a slight inverse U … overall life satisfaction. Partnership formation, the school-to-work transition, and parenting younger children are all …

and Germany and suggest that up to two, children increase happiness, and mostly among those who postpone childbearing …

age heterogeneity with regard to current life satisfaction and life satisfaction domains (measured as satisfaction with … satisfaction, satisfaction with work, family life, and health with age. Thus, common mean level analyses on age effects yield only …