Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 2 / 2015 (603), Summer
The kids are alright? A note on parental satisfaction in Germany
Leuphana University, Lueneburg BAMF, Nuremberg, Germany
Abstract. In social sciences, research of satisfaction presents mixed or negative effects of parental satisfaction (e.g. Powdthavee 2009, Hansen 2012), while recent findings show that socio-economic differences matter (e.g. Myrskylä/Margolis 2014, Pollmann-Schult, 2014). Here, we use long run German panel data with fixed effects regressions and interaction terms to analyze the effects of birth on parental satisfaction. At first, in contrast to other authors, we present a positive and significant effect of becoming parents. Second, we present gender-specific results of unemployed parents. While unemployed fathers perceive lower levels of satisfaction in general, unemployed mothers have higher levels of satisfaction in the Western part, but lower in the Eastern part of Germany. We conclude that different regional employment schemes drive these results.
Contents
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Foreign direct investment and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe
Exports – trends and impacts on Romania’s economic growth process
Innovation and regional performance in Romania
A multidisciplinary approach of communication
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Public choice and the social beneficiary
Stock market – economy growth nexus in an emerging country. The case of Romania
Determinants of savings in the APEC countries
The status of Romanian agriculture and some measures to take
Education and society: an institutional approach
Financial audit – feckless for economic re-launch
Empirical evidence on the Ricardian equivalence in Romania
Minimum wage – labour market rigidity factor
Regional convergence. Case of Romania
The exchange rate volatility in the Central and Eastern European Countries
A study of the impossible trinity in Romania
Governance process improvement and development by audit consolitation
Analysis of the evolution of foreign direct investment in the European Union, amid the global economic crisis
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Short-run determinants of the USD/PLN exchange rate and policy implications
The use of behavioral economics in promoting public policy
New paradigms imposed by the global financial crisis
Are financial audit elements and corporate governance policies solutions for the economic crisis?
The kids are alright? A note on parental satisfaction in Germany
Technological revolution, labor markets and income distribution in the knowledge economy
The effects of competition regulations on mobile telecommunication markets
National convergence policy in education. Case study Romania