importantly, we also show for the first time that selection into fertility is the main driver for the previously observed …

Understanding how having children influences the parents' subjective well-being ("happiness") has great potential to … explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British … pattern. Those who have children at older ages or have more education have a particularly positive happiness response to a …

Children early in the birth order get more parental care than later children. Does this significantly affect their life …

Understanding how having children influences the parents’ subjective well-being ("happiness") has great potential to … explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British … pattern. Those who have children at older ages or have more education have a particularly positive happiness response to a …