Born To Be Mild? Cohort Effects Don't (Fully) Explain Why Well-Being Is U-Shaped in Age
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Clark, Andrew E.
Abstract / Description
The statistical analysis of cross-section data very often reveals a U-shaped relationship between subjective well-being and age. This paper uses fourteen waves of British panel data to distinguish between two potential explanations of this shape: a pure life-cycle or aging effect, and a fixed cohort effect depending on year of birth. Panel analysis controlling for fixed effects continues to produce a U-shaped relationship between well-being and age, although this U-shape is flatter for life satisfaction than for the GHQ measure of mental well-being. The pattern of the estimated cohort effects also differs between the two well-being measures and, to an extent, by demographic group. In particular, those born earlier report more positive GHQ scores, controlling for their current age; this phenomenon is especially prevalent for women.
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Psychologie Subjektives Befinden Psychologie Subjektives Befinden subjective well-being cohorts fixed effects panel dataPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2007
Citation
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Clark, Andrew E.
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:03:28Z
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Date of first publication2007
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Abstract / DescriptionThe statistical analysis of cross-section data very often reveals a U-shaped relationship between subjective well-being and age. This paper uses fourteen waves of British panel data to distinguish between two potential explanations of this shape: a pure life-cycle or aging effect, and a fixed cohort effect depending on year of birth. Panel analysis controlling for fixed effects continues to produce a U-shaped relationship between well-being and age, although this U-shape is flatter for life satisfaction than for the GHQ measure of mental well-being. The pattern of the estimated cohort effects also differs between the two well-being measures and, to an extent, by demographic group. In particular, those born earlier report more positive GHQ scores, controlling for their current age; this phenomenon is especially prevalent for women.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-10979
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1053
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8996
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/Institute for the Study of Labor, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3170
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Keyword(s)Psychologiede
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Keyword(s)Subjektives Befindende
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Keyword(s)Psychologiede
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Keyword(s)Subjektives Befindende
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Keyword(s)subjective well-beingen
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Keyword(s)cohortsen
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Keyword(s)fixed effectsen
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Keyword(s)panel dataen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleBorn To Be Mild? Cohort Effects Don't (Fully) Explain Why Well-Being Is U-Shaped in Agede
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok