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Blanchflower, David G. and Oswald, Andrew J. (2009) The U-shape without controls. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. (Warwick economic research papers.
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Abstract
This paper is a continuation of results in Blanchflower and Oswald (2008). It provides new evidence that well-being follows a curve through life. We use data on half a million randomly sampled individuals across eight major European nations. Importantly, we show that in this set of countries there is a U-shape even in unadjusted data, that is, without the inclusion of control variables. But we also advise against a focus on elementary bivariate associations.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Happiness -- Testing, Aging -- Psychological aspects, Well-being -- Age factors, Mental health, Life cycle, Human |
| Series Name: | Warwick economic research papers |
| Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics |
| Place of Publication: | Coventry |
| Date: | 27 March 2009 |
| Number: | No.896 |
| Number of Pages: | 11 |
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
| References: | Author, Anonymous. (2009). Is the apparent U-shape of well-being over the life course a results of inappropriate use of control variables? Social Science & Medicine, in press. Blanchflower, D.G. (2009). International evidence on well-being, in National Time accounting and subjective well-being, edited by Alan B. Krueger, NBER and University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Blanchflower, D.G., & Oswald, A.J. (2004). Well-being over time in Britain and the USA. Journal of Public Economics, 88, 1359-1386. Blanchflower, D.G., & Oswald, A.J. (2008). Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle? Social Science & Medicine, 66, 1733-1749. Easterlin, R. (2006). Life cycle happiness and its sources. Intersections of psychology, economics, and demography. Journal of Economic Psychology, 27, 463-482. |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1321 |
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