The U-Shape without Controls

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The U-Shape without Controls

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Blanchflower, David G. (Dartmouth College, USA and University of Stirling, UK.)
Oswald, Andrew J. (University of Warwick, UK.)

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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.

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Paper provided by University of Warwick, Department of Economics in its series The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) with number 896.

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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-AGE-2009-04-13 (Economics of Ageing)
NEP-ALL-2009-04-13 (All new papers)
NEP-EEC-2009-04-13 (European Economics)
NEP-HAP-2009-04-13 (Economics of Happiness)
NEP-LTV-2009-04-13 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)

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