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A Bundle of Joy: Does Parenting Really Make Us Miserable?

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The Effects of the Transition to Parenthood and Subsequent Children on Men’s Well-Being and Social Participation
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Partner + Children = Happiness? The Effects of Partnerships and Fertility on Well‐Being
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The Effect of Parenting Stress on Marital Quality
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A Global Perspective on Happiness and Fertility
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The Effects of Children on Adults' Psychological Well-Being: 1957-1976
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Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development
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Happiness Inequality in the United States
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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
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Table 2: Probability that each recruitment coefficient is greater or less than zero for each of the five species analyzed here.
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