@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9880,
            	author={Cetre, Sophie and Clark, Andrew E. and Senik, Claudia},
            	title={Happy People Have Children: Choice and Self-Selection into Parenthood},
            	year={2016},
	month={Apr},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={9880},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9880},
	abstract={There is mixed evidence in the existing literature on whether children are associated with greater subjective well-being, with the correlation depending on which countries and populations are considered. We here provide a systematic analysis of this question based on three different datasets: two cross-national and one national panel. We show that the association between children and subjective well-being is positive only in developed countries, and for those who become parents after the age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier individuals are more likely to have children.},
	keywords={happiness;fertility;children;income;selection},
            }