countries worldwide. We find that having children is negatively related to well-being. Conditioning on economic and socio … number of children as a proxy variable to account for the endogeneity of parenthood decisions. …

Empirical analyses on the determinants of life satisfaction often include the impact of the number of children variable … driven by heterogeneous opportunity costs. Our empirical results give rise to a paradox: why people have children if the … paradox are strictly connected. Effectiveness of tax/subsidies impacting on fertility crucially depends on whether the …

Empirical analyses on the determinants of life satisfaction often include the impact of the number of children variable … driven by heterogeneous opportunity costs. Our empirical results give rise to a paradox: why people have children if the … paradox are strictly connected. Effectiveness of tax/subsidies impacting on fertility crucially depends on whether the …

This article presents causal evidence on the impact of fertility on women’s subjective well-being using quasi … sample of women from 35 developing countries, I find that having children increases mothers’ life satisfaction and happiness …. I further establish that the positive impact of fertility on subjective well-being can be explained by related increases …

Empirical analyses on the determinants of life satisfaction often include the impact of the number of children variable … driven by heterogeneous opportunity costs. Our empirical results give rise to a paradox: why people have children if the … paradox are strictly connected. Effectiveness of tax/subsidies impacting on fertility crucially depends on whether the …

Empirical analyses on the determinants of life satisfaction often include the impact of the number of children variable … driven by heterogeneous opportunity costs. Our empirical results give rise to a paradox: why people have children if the … paradox are strictly connected. Effectiveness of tax/subsidies impacting on fertility crucially depends on whether the …

are strictly connected. Effectiveness of tax/subsidies impacting on fertility crucially depends on whether the children …Empirical analyses on the determinants of life satisfaction often include the impact of the number of children variable … children if the aggregate effect on life satisfaction is negative? We provide in the paper some interpretations consistent with …

well-being has focused on improving the financial position of families with children. Using Understanding Society I show … measures of child poverty, introduced to help target effective policies that make a real difference to children's lives. Those … for families with children to an emphasis on increasing social contacts. …

individuals aged between 18 and 49, nine percent have minor children living outside Germany, whereas twelve percent have a husband …