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Blanchflower, David G. and Oswald, Andrew J. (2011) Antidepressants and age. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2011 (Number 44).
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Abstract
Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists.
This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and
10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of
antidepressant use is greatest among those who are middle-aged, female,
unemployed, poorly educated, and divorced or separated. A hill-shaped age pattern
is found. The adjusted probability of using antidepressants reaches a peak --
approximately doubling -- in people‟s late 40s. This finding is consistent with, and
provides a new and independent form of corroboration of, recent claims in the
research literature that human well-being follows a U-shape through life.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Antidepressants -- European Union, Women -- Health and hygiene -- European Union | ||||
Series Name: | CAGE Online Working Paper Series | ||||
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | June 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2011 | ||||
Number: | Number 44 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 28 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
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