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Heresy or enlightenment? The well-being age U-shape effect is flat

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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 117, Issue 1, Pages 235-238

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.013

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Life satisfaction; Well-being; Age U-shape

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The otherwise seemingly robust age U-shape effect on life satisfaction in pooled OLS regressions is refuted with the German SOEP when controlling for panel fixed effects and respondent experience in the panel. Interviewer characteristics also impact significantly on life satisfaction responses. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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