between children and subjective well-being is positive only in developed countries, and for those who become parents after the …There is mixed evidence in the existing literature on whether children are associated with greater subjective well … age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …

income and parental education) remain good predictors of well-being over 50 years later. In terms of the proximal covariates …