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Titel:

The Effect of Children on Depression in Old Age

Autor(en):
Kruk, Eberhard
Abstract:
This article investigates the causal relationship between the number of biological children and mental health of elderly Europeans. Speci fically, we ask whether additional children improve or threaten parents' mental health status. Ouridenti cation draws on two natural experiments that exogenouslyincrease the number of children: multiple births and the sex composition of the fi rst two children. This setup allows us to identify the e ffect of expected and desired and unexpected additional child...     »
Stichworte:
Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier
Jahr:
2011
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