The Effect of Family Size on Men and Women Wellbeing

• Thesis title in Czech: Vplyv veľkosti rodiny na šťastie mužov a žien
• Thesis title in English: The Effect of Family Size on Men and Women Wellbeing
• Key words: šťastie, veľkosť rodiny, inštrumentálna premenná, príjem
• English key words: wellbeing, family size, instrumental variable, income
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2014/2015
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, M.A., Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 30.05.2015
• Date of assignment: 10.06.2015
• Date and time of defence: 14.09.2016 09:30
• Venue of defence: IES
• Date of electronic submission: 13.05.2016
• Date of proceeded defence: 14.09.2016
• Opponents: PhDr. Mgr. Jana Votápková, Ph.D.

References

Julio Cáceres-Delpianoa, Marianne Simonsen (2012) The toll of fertility on mothers’ wellbeing, Journal of Health Economics

Preliminary scope of work

Use SILC microdata to investigate the relationship between family size (i.e. number of children) and wellbeing and other outcomes (e.g. probability of divorce) using multiple births and possibly gender structure of children as instrumental variables.