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Oswald, Andrew J. and Blanchflower, David G. (2011) Antidepressants and age. Discussion Paper. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). IZA Discussion Papers (No.5785). (Unpublished)
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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 (Discussion Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Series Name: | IZA Discussion Papers | ||||
| Publisher: | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Bonn, Germany | ||||
| Official Date: | June 2011 | ||||
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| Number: | No.5785 | ||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Funder: | ESRC | ||||
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