There have been many studies of how the number of children in a family affects the parents' or the children's lives. One strand of this research focuses on the implications of fertility for the parents' level of self-reported well-being or happiness. It is argued in this paper that an overall...

There have been many studies of how the number of children in a family affects the parents' or the children's lives. One strand of this research focuses on the implications of fertility for the parents' level of self-reported well-being or happiness. It is argued in this paper that an overall...

A variety of approaches have been employed to assess the importance of women’s education for their second- or third-birth rates. Some researchers have included the educational level measured at a relatively high age in their models, whereas others have included current education. A few...

There have been many studies of how the number of children in a family affects the parents’ or the children’s lives. One strand of this research focuses on the implications of fertility for the parents’ level of self-reported well-being or happiness. It is argued in this paper that an...