The Library
The U-shape without controls
Tools
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 (No.896).
|
PDF
WRAP_Blanchflower_twerp_896.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (63Kb) |
Official URL: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/resear...
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) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Official Date: | 27 March 2009 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Number: | No.896 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year