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dc.contributor.author | Clark, Andrew E. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-05-23 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-07T11:23:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-07T11:23:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34422 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The statistical analysis of cross-section data very often reveals a U-shaped relationship between subjective well-being and age. This paper uses fourteen waves of British panel data to distinguish between two potential explanations of this shape: a pure life-cycle or aging effect, and a fixed cohort effect depending on year of birth. Panel analysis controlling for fixed effects continues to produce a U-shaped relationship between well-being and age, although this U-shape is flatter for life satisfaction than for the GHQ measure of mental well-being. The pattern of the estimated cohort effects also differs between the two well-being measures and, to an extent, by demographic group. In particular, those born earlier report more positive GHQ scores, controlling for their current age; this phenomenon is especially prevalent for women. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x3170 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C23 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Subjective well-being | en |
dc.subject.keyword | cohorts | en |
dc.subject.keyword | fixed effects | en |
dc.subject.keyword | panel data | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebenszufriedenheit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Altersgruppe | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebenszyklus | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kohortenanalyse | en |
dc.subject.stw | Großbritannien | en |
dc.title | Born to be mild? Cohort effects don't (fully) explain why well-being is U-shaped in age | - |
dc.type | |aWorking Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 551074736 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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