TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Winkelmann, Rainer
        TI  - Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
        PY  - 2003/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 894
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp894
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - German Socio-Economic Panel
KW  - child welfare
KW  - educational attainment
KW  - happiness
        ER  -