TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cheng, TC
AU  - Powdthavee, N
AU  - Oswald, AJ
Y2  - 2020/12/21
Y1  - 2017/02/01
SN  - 0013-0133
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/256625
AB  - There is a large amount of cross-sectional evidence for a midlife low in the life cycle of human happiness and well-being (a 'U shape'). Yet no genuinely longitudinal inquiry has uncovered evidence for a U-shaped pattern. Thus, some researchers believe the U is a statistical artefact. We re-examine this fundamental cross-disciplinary question. We suggest a new test. Drawing on four data sets, and only within-person changes in well-being, we document powerful support for a U shape in longitudinal data (without the need for formal regression equations). The article's methodological contribution is to use the first-derivative properties of a well-being equation.
LA  - English
PB  - WILEY
T1  - LONGITUDINAL EVIDENCE FOR A MIDLIFE NADIR IN HUMAN WELL-BEING: RESULTS FROM FOUR DATA SETS
DO  - 10.1111/ecoj.12256
IS  - The Economic Journal
VL  - 127
IS  - 599
SP  - 126-142
OP  - 1019605
L1  - /bitstream/handle/11343/256625/PMC5501292.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
ER  -