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Giuntella, Osea; McManus, Sally; Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, … - 2022

This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle-aged citizens in our data sets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most...

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Wellbeing rankings

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2022

the World Happiness Index and are more comparable to those obtained with the Human Development Index. The state level …

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International Evidence on Well-being

Blanchflower, David G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely … be replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is … large body of data on happiness that is unavailable on the U-index. For example, according to happiness research well …

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Youth Unemployment in Europe and the United States

Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

are weekly wages and happiness. Our results show significant effects at age 50 from early adulthood unemployment. These …

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Antidepressants and Age

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists. This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and 10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of antidepressant use is greatest among those who are...

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Life Satisfaction and Grandparenthood: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper tests whether there is a potential payoff to grandparenthood in terms of life satisfaction. Using the new nationwide survey for the UK, which consists of over 5,000 grandparents and 6,000 non-grandparents aged 40 and above, and a flexible multiple-index ordered probit model with...

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Putting Different Price Tags on the Same Health Condition: Re-evaluating the Well-Being Valuation Approach

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; van den Berg, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is currently no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual’s experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on...

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Happiness and the human development index: the paradox of Australia

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2005

happiness, considers implications for policymakers, and explores where Australia lies in international subjective well …, where a common language should help subjective measures to be reliable, Australia performs poorly on a range of happiness …

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Does happiness adapt? A longitudinal study of disability with implications for economists and judges

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2006

Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This paper argues that economists are wrong to do so. It provides longitudinal evidence that individuals who become disabled go on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation...

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Death, happiness, and the calculation of compensatory damages

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2007

paper explores how happiness regression equations might be used in tort cases to calculate compensatory damages for …

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