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Does money in adulthood affect adult outcomes?

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  • Cooper, Kerris
  • Stewart, Kitty

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This report examines the evidence on whether money in adulthood has a causal impact on wider adult outcomes. Individuals with less income tend to do worse on a range of indicators than those with more, including measures of physical health and subjective well-being. Would more money in itself make a difference? Or are these differences driven by other, associated factors (education, more satisfying work), or by long-term factors too well-established to shift with a boost to income during adulthood?

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  • Cooper, Kerris & Stewart, Kitty, 2015. "Does money in adulthood affect adult outcomes?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121477, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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