German Family Panel (pairfam), which collected information on the partnership status at first birth using two different …

We examine how family, money, and health explain variation in life satisfaction (“happiness”) over the life cycle … only at ages below 50. Remarkably, the contribution of family is small across ages. Across regions health is most important … in the wealthier, and income in the poorer regions of the world. Family explains a substantial fraction of happiness only …

economic hardship than nuclear families in France and western Germany. Socio-demographic differences between family types …-economic composition of different family types. For the Russian Federation and eastern Germany, we do not find any statistically …

understanding low fertility in this country, but that the role that family plays in a couple’s fertility decisions needs to be … residential independence of the new nuclear family. The empirical data are 74 semi-structured interviews with women between ages … relations, and parental roles. Our findings show, among other aspects, that considerations of work and family are developed in …

the effects of family policies on fertility. Theoretically we employ approaches of comparative welfare-state research, of …-of-theart of such an approach. We present studies on the impact of family policies on Swedish childbearing behavior to demonstrate … effects of family policies on childbearing and fertility. …