The U-Shape without Controls

David Blanchflower () and Andrew J. Oswald

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

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.

Keywords: Happiness; aging; well-being; mental-health; depression; life-course (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009
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