Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10620/18116
Longitudinal Study: | HILDA | Title: | Work-family Conflict Moderates the Impact of Childbearing on Subjective Well-Being | Authors: | Vignoli, D Matysiak, A Mencarini, L |
Institution: | Collegio Carlo Alberto | Publication Date: | 25-Dec-2015 | Keywords: | Work-family conflict Fertility Subjective wellbeing |
Abstract: | Many empirical studies find parents to be less happy than non-parents and parenthood to exert a negative effect on subjective well-being (SWB). We add to these findings by arguing that there is a key moderating factor that has been overlooked in previous research, the work-family conflict. In this paper we assesses the effect of parenthood on individuals’ SWB, taking into account that the birth of a child means an increase in work-family tensions, which may be substantial for some parents and relatively weak for others. To this end, we estimate fixed-effects models using panel data from the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. We find that childbearing negatively affects SWB only when parents, and mothers, in particular, have to face a heavy work-family conflict. | URL: | https://swellfer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/no-435.pdf https://www.carloalberto.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/no.435.pdf |
ISBN: | ISSN 2279-9362 | Keywords: | Health -- Wellbeing; Families -- Fertility; Employment -- Work/life Balance | Research collection: | Reports and technical papers |
Appears in Collections: | Reports |
Show full item record
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.