@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp894, author={Winkelmann, Rainer}, title={Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths}, year={2003}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={894}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp894}, abstract={This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between youths living in intact and non-intact families, holding many other potential determinants of well-being constant using ordered probit regressions. The main finding of this study is that living in a non-intact family has not the hypothesised large negative effect on child well-being.}, keywords={German Socio-Economic Panel;child welfare;educational attainment;happiness}, }