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Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths

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Winkelmann, Rainer

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This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between youths living in intact and non-intact families, holding many other potential determinants of well-being constant using ordered probit regressions. The main finding of this study is that living in a non-intact family has not the hypothesised large negative effect on child well-being.

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Zufriedenheit Kind Erfolg Ehe Trennung Zufriedenheit Kind Erfolg Ehe Trennung child welfare educational attainment happiness German Socio-Economic panel

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2003

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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;894

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Winkelmann, Rainer
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:02:36Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-30
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:32:15Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:02:36Z
  • Date of first publication
    2003
  • Abstract / Description
    This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between youths living in intact and non-intact families, holding many other potential determinants of well-being constant using ordered probit regressions. The main finding of this study is that living in a non-intact family has not the hypothesised large negative effect on child well-being.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16777
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1138
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8950
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 894
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;894
  • Keyword(s)
    Zufriedenheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Kind
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Erfolg
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Ehe
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Trennung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Zufriedenheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Kind
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Erfolg
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Ehe
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Trennung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    child welfare
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    educational attainment
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    happiness
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    German Socio-Economic panel
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
    en
  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok