Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142626 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 19/2011
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
Using individual-level data for China, Korea, and Japan for 2006, this research examines how the age of children influences marital satisfaction for males and females in East Asian countries. Our results show that the marital satisfaction of males is barely affected by a child of the relationship, whereas the marital 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 marital satisfaction. Furthermore, the more developed the country, the greater this difference becomes.
Subjects: 
Marital satisfaction
child
East Asian countries
ordered probit
JEL: 
D19
J13
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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