Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87829 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Development Research Working Paper Series No. 04/2012
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), La Paz
Abstract: 
Using individual-level data for China,South Korea, and Japan for2006, this research examines how life satisfaction for married males and femalesin East Asian countries isinfluenced bythe age of theirchildren. Our results show that the life satisfaction of males is barely affected by a child of the relationship, whereas the life satisfaction of females with a young child is lower than that of females who do not have a child. This result holds for countries at different development stages. There is also a gender differential regarding the effect of young children on life satisfaction. Furthermore, the more developed the country, the greater this difference becomes.
Subjects: 
Life satisfaction
child
East Asian countries
Ordered probit
JEL: 
D19
J13
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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