%0 Report
        %A Winkelmann, Rainer
        %T Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
        %D 2003
        %8 2003 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 894
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp894
        %X 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.
        %K German Socio-Economic Panel
%K child welfare
%K educational attainment
%K happiness