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dc.contributor.authorBlanchflower, Daviden_UK
dc.contributor.authorOswald, Andrew Jen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-10T02:06:30Z-
dc.date.available2016-09-10T02:06:30Z-
dc.date.issued2016-07en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24180-
dc.description.abstractA growing literature argues that mental well-being follows an approximate U-shape through life. Yet in the eyes of some scholars this evidence remains controversial. The reason is that it relies on people’s answers to ‘happiness’ surveys. The present paper explores a different approach. It examines modern data on the use of antidepressant pills (as an implicit signal of mental distress) in 27 European nations. The regression-adjusted probability of using antidepressants reaches a peak in people’s late 40s. This pattern – one that does not rely on well-being survey answers – is thus consistent with the claim that human beings experience a midlife low.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationBlanchflower D & Oswald AJ (2016) Antidepressants and age: A new form of evidence for U-shaped well-being through life. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 127, pp. 46-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.04.010en_UK
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dc.subjectWell-beingen_UK
dc.subjectAgingen_UK
dc.subjectAntidepressantsen_UK
dc.subjectMental healthen_UK
dc.subjectDepressionen_UK
dc.subjectHappinessen_UK
dc.subjectEasterlin paradoxen_UK
dc.titleAntidepressants and age: A new form of evidence for U-shaped well-being through lifeen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate3000-01-01en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jebo.2016.04.010en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Economic Behavior and Organizationen_UK
dc.citation.issn0167-2681en_UK
dc.citation.volume127en_UK
dc.citation.spage46en_UK
dc.citation.epage58en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaildavid.blanchflower@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEconomicsen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Warwicken_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000378952200004en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84973155153en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid559946en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-04-10en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-04-10en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-09-09en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorBlanchflower, David|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorOswald, Andrew J|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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