Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/288438 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
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[Journal:] Journal of Population Economics [ISSN:] 1432-1475 [Volume:] 33 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 839-882
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This article presents causal evidence on the impact of fertility on women’s subjective well-being using quasi-experimental variation due to preferences for a mixed sibling sex composition (having at least one child of each sex). Based on a large sample of women from 35 developing countries, I find that having children increases mothers’ life satisfaction and happiness. I further establish that the positive impact of fertility on subjective well-being can be explained by related increases in mothers’ satisfaction with family life, friendship, and treatment by others.
Subjects: 
Causality
Fertility
Happiness
Subjective well-being
Local average treatment effect
JEL: 
C21
D10
I31
J17
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Article
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Published Version

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