Is Happiness U-shaped Everywhere? Age and Subjective Well-being in 145 Countries
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- David G. Blanchflower, 2021. "Is happiness U-shaped everywhere? Age and subjective well-being in 145 countries," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(2), pages 575-624, April.
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Keywords
Well-being; Happiness; U-shape in Age;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- P51 - Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEN-2020-05-11 (Gender)
- NEP-HAP-2020-05-11 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2020-05-11 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-ORE-2020-05-11 (Operations Research)
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