The Effect of number of children on parental happiness

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730221
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUURA Tsukasa 中央大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50520863)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 幸福度 / 希望子ども数 / 福祉レジーム / パネルデータ / 出生率

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analyses the impact of the number of children on happiness and life-satisfaction level. Matsuura(2007) shows the number of children affects life satisfaction negatively for women and positively for men. This study investigates the difference in parenting costs between fathers and mothers by analyzing the relationship between the number of children and parents’ satisfaction with life. Furthermore, the investigation uses the World Value Survey, which enables an international comparison of how the differences in parenting costs by gender vary for each welfare regime.

Free Research Field

人口経済学