TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cetre, Sophie
AU  - Clark, Andrew E.
AU  - Senik, Claudia
        TI  - Happy People Have Children: Choice and Self-Selection into Parenthood
        PY  - 2016/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9880
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9880
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - happiness
KW  - fertility
KW  - children
KW  - income
KW  - selection
        ER  -