with children in Germany. Our study confirms that the monetary cost of children is substantial and increases with parental …In this paper, we provide estimates of the subjectively perceived cost of children depending on the extent of parental … sizeable for families with children …

children's life satisfaction. When controlling for time-invariant individual heterogeneity, our results suggest that maternal …-old children. Using German panel data (SOEP), we show that unemployment of fathers and mothers is negatively associated with their … differential impacts between sons and daughters or between younger and older children. Further results suggest that the impact of …

persons report substantially lower levels of life satisfaction than employed persons. When looking at specific types of …

with children in Germany. Our study confirms that the monetary cost of children is substantial and increases with parental …In this paper, we provide estimates of the subjectively perceived cost of children depending on the extent of parental … sizeable for families with children. …

We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend … reference effects in the determination of income satisfaction. We show that this adjustment helps to overcome a bias causing an … overestimation of adults' and an underestimation of children's needs-based equivalence weights. Our results indicate that controlling …

; happiness ; life satisfaction ; Day Reconstruction Method ; experienced utility … self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more … that unemployment affects life satisfaction and experienced utility differently may be explained by the fact that people do …

; happiness ; life satisfaction ; Day Reconstruction Method ; experienced utility … self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more … that unemployment affects life satisfaction and experienced utility differently may be explained by the fact that people do …