This article explores the impact of losing a child, especially losing all children (including losing the only child), on the mental health, happiness and loneliness of parents. The Chinese government has implemented strict restrictions on the number of births for each family since the 1970s,...

Using a difference-in-differences method with variations in birth cohorts and regional excess death rates, this study quantifies the effects of the 1959–1961 Chinese Great Famine, one of the severest public disasters in the world in the 20th century, on the subjective well-being (SWB) and...