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 -