Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle?

Social Science and Medicine - Tập 66 Số 8 - Trang 1733-1749 - 2008
David G. Blanchflower1,2,3, Andrew J. Oswald4
1Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, USA
2Department of Economics , University of Stirling , UK
3Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England, UK
4Warwick University, Coventry, UK

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